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“There is nothing more inspiring than taking action against injustice.” D.S. Mitchell 2025
“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out of it.” Will Rogers
“If you can’t be a poet, be a poem.” David Carradine
“No god would want a child killed in his name.” D.S. Mitchell 2023
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.” ― George Burns
“A politician thinks of the next election – a statesman of the next generation.” – James Freeman Clarke
“I want to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.” Arthur Ashe
“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.” ― Albert Einstein
“So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
“Let’s just remember that social security is not the government’s money, it belongs to the people who had it taken out of the checks involuntarily their entire working lives.” Mike Huckabee
“I have insecurities of course, but I don’t hang out with anyone who points them out to me.” ADELE
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” Christian Grey
“My favorite old car had no reverse gear. It taught me I could only go forward.” Flavia
“Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
“Those who think they can control the mob are fools and are often the victims of their own incitement.” D.S. Mitchell 2021
“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If now isn’t a good time for the truth I don’t see when we’ll get to it.” Nikki Giovanni
“Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is that you are stupid and make bad decisions.” Your mother
“Studying American politics has taught me several disgusting lessons, the first being, money buys friends in Congress. That alone should terrify the American public.” D. S. Mitchell 2021
“My art is my heart.” D. S. Mitchell 2015
“Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.” Arthur Rubenstein
“Every lie is like stepping in a quicksand pit. Every lie as dangerous, as telling the truth.” D. S. Mitchell 2020
“Sometimes when challenged we find out we are capable of the unthinkable.” D. S. Mitchell 2022
“Surround yourself with those on the same mission as you.” Anonymous
“Dimming the lights will not hide the social injustice in America.” D. S. Mitchell 2017
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.” – James Branch Cabell
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"If puppies and kittens don't make you smile, you might consider therapy." D. S. Mitchell 2015.
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” T. S. Eliot
“Voting is like a prayer.” Raphael Warnock 2021
“We are all valuable. The problem is not everyone is smart enough to realize it.” D. S. Mitchell 2021
“I wonder, if you were blind, lost and confused, would you care what color the offered hand?” D. S. Mitchell 2015
“Silence in front of savagery is savagery itself.” Abhijit Naskar
“To be happy and contented, count your blessings, not your cash.” Chinese Proverb
“We can never be too busy to be kind.” D. S. Mitchell 2017
RIP RBG
“The rain falls because the cloud can no longer handle the weight. The tears fall because the heart can no longer handle the pain.” The Wise You
“Let my old days be my best days,” Cousin Lucille
“In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.” James Madison
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” Charles Dickens
“Thoughtful people are slow to anger, not necessarily less efficient in their killing.” D. S. Mitchell 2019
“Endings are not always bad. Most times they’re just beginnings in disguise.” Kim Harrison
“The United States like so many countries around the world has chosen to give to the few and deny the many.” D.S. Mitchell 2020
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. This is true, its called life.” Terry Pratchett
“Trickle down economics is like having three dogs and giving one of them a hot dog, and thinking he’ll share.” Bill Maher
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” John Kenneth Galbraith
“When people start acting as though the past is the same as the present and context doesn’t matter, things start to get dangerous.” Trevor K. McNeil 2020
“Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.” – Benjamin Franklin
“I don’t need to attend every argument I’m invited to.” Unknown
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret between the shadow and soul.” Pablo Neruda
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” ― Bruce Lee
“I have been far oftener discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.” Shirley Chisholm 5/21/1969
“The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.” ― George Washington
“We only fail when we fail to try.” Rosa Parks
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Thomas Jefferson
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” Albert Einstein
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The 7 Social Sins are: Wealth without Work; Pleasure without Conscience; Knowledge without Character; Commerce without Morality; Science without Humanity; Worship without Sacrifice; Politics without Principle.” Frederick Lewis Donaldson
“All evils are equal when they are extreme.”-Pierre Corneille
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” John F. Kennedy
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
“People without vaginas shouldn’t be able to regulate them.” Unknown
“What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.” Edward Langley, artist
“Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” Abraham Lincoln
“When sleeping women wake, mountains move.” Chinese proverb
“If people stopped searching for things that offended them and started looking for things that inspired them; what a wonderful world this would be.” Night Owl
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“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Booker T. Washington
“To argue with a person who has given up reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine
“Imagination is the bridge between the things we know for sure, and the things we need to believe, when our world becomes unbearable.” Staceyann Chin
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs
“Inspiration descends only in flashes to clothe circumstances; it is not stored up in a barrel, like salt herrings to be doled out.”Patrick White
“I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness that surrounds me.” Sojourner Truth
“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” Doug Larson
“Law without humanity is injustice.” D. S. Mitchell 2020
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear, is the beginning of wisdom.” Bertrand Russell
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
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“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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“It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.” Queen Elizabeth II
“Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.” Coretta Scott King
“Outer beauty attracts but inner beauty captivates.” Kate Angell
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
“Worry is a waste of valuable time.” D. S. Mitchell 2015
“The man who has millions will want everything he can get his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.” Samuel Gompers
“Pretty comes in all sizes. My size is cute.” Honey Boo Boo, reality TV star
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” ― Nelson Mandela
“All I can say for the United States is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.” Will Rogers
“We have, at the heart of our government, a perilous disease, and it is called greed.” D. S. Mitchell 2017
“Anger helps straighten out a problem like a fan helps straighten out a pile of papers.” Susan Marcotte
“If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.” ― Keith Richards
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” MLK
“I would like to see a time when man loves his fellow man, and forgets his color or his creed. We will never be civilized until that time comes”. Clarence Darrow
“Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.” Unknown
“Social Conventions are like Santa Claus. They only exist for those who believe in them.” T. K. McNeil 2021
“Politics have no relation to morals.” Niccolo Machiavelli
“The problem is that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities–that fact, is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.” Betty Friedan
“May we think of freedom, not as a right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” Peter Marshall
“I weep a lot. Thankfully, I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.” Maya Angelou
“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.” John F. Kennedy
“People see God everyday, they just don’t recognize him.” Pearl Bailey
“No matter how great your accomplishments, the memory of man is short.” D.S. Mitchell 2021
“No matter how stupid or inane your cause, you can depend on getting at least 30% support from the fucking internet.” David Shadrick 2021
Self-isolating has forced us to turn even more to telecommunication and social media.
“Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.” Eli Khamarov
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
“Pain and sadness are often the fruits of intense commitment to a belief or cause. That does not mean you should halt your activity or reject your commitment.” D. S. Mitchell 2017
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” J. Pierpont Morgan
“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ― Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Information is the currency of democracy.” Thomas Jefferson
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.” ― Robert Orben
“Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” James Dean
DEADPOOL QUOTES: 1.) “Never underestimate the stupidity of idiots.” 2.) “Today was about as much fun as a sandpaper dildo.” 3.) “My common sense is tingling.” 4.) “You can’t buy love, but you can rent it for three minutes.” 5.) “I’m gonna eat until I’m tired. Then I’m going to sleep until I’m hungry.” 6.) “I can say chimichanga in seven languages.” 7.) “Do you have an off switch?” 8.) “That’s a face I can sit on.” 9.) “Daddy needs to express some rage.” 10.) “I seriously need a speed bump between my brain and my mouth.” 11.) “I’m a bad guy who is paid to fuck up worse guys.” 12.) “Life is an endless series of train wrecks with only brief commercial like breaks of happiness.” Marvel Comics. Deadpool created by Fabian Nicieza & Rob Liefield
“What we think, we become.” Buddha
“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” Lord Byron
“Certainly in the next fifty years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.” Richard M. Nixon
“Secrecy and a free, democratic government don’t mix.” Harry S. Truman
“Just because nobody complains, doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” Benny Hill
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” Mark Twain
“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” Louis Brandeis
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Voltaire
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” Ronald Reagan
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Theresa
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims..but accomplices.” George Orwell
“When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us.” Barack Obama
“It was June, and I saw a bumble bee hovering over a flowering shrub. It’s November now, and I have yet to see a second bumbler hover close to me.” D. S. Mitchell 2021
“If you are planning on revenge, dig two graves.” Confucius
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” George Orwell
“Identify your passion and then pursue it recklessly.” D. S. Mitchell 2018
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
“It goes without saying that Fox News is not news at all-but pure propaganda geared to an audience of ignorant fools.” Richard Dawkins
“A fierce rage is not always followed by quiet exhaustion. In fact, it sometimes ignites an unstoppable fury.” D. S. Mitchell 2020
“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.” Unknown
“The deep political divisions in America do not run between big and small states, but rather, between the North and the South and the coasts and the interior.” D. S. Mitchell 2018
“Some men see things as they are, and ask, ‘Why?” I dream things that never were, and ask, ‘Why not?” Robert F. Kennedy
“Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law”. Lamar S. Smith
“Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.”-Aldous Huxley
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.” Aubrey De Graf
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it, but you can feel it.” Nicholas Sparks
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.” Harry S Truman
“If you see bigotry, oppose it. If you see violence, condemn it. And if you see a bully, stand up to him.” Hillary Rodham Clinton 3/12/16
“The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph.” Thomas Paine
“What befalls earth, befalls all the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life. We are merely a strand in it.” Chief Seattle
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” Coretta Scott King
“People will dismiss facts, ignore science, and argue the unarguable; if it’s in the interest of their pocketbook.” Yogi Berra
“If you really think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath whilst you count your money.” Dr. Guy McPherson
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” Laura Claudette
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” Helen Keller
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Trump Stuck in the Mud
OPINION:
Trump Stuck in the Mud
OPINION:
Trump Stuck in the Mud
By D.S. Mitchell
A Real Train Wreck
Anyone that knows me knows my total disgust of anything and everything, Trump. So, some may wonder why I would waste an hour watching the CNN Donald Trump Town Hall last night. Frankly, I just wanted to confirm that all the character traits that originally made me loath the man were still applicable. I didn’t need the hour to confirm my original assessment, but I hung around, just because as with all train wrecks it’s hard to look away.
Friendly Audience
He had a handpicked pro-Trump audience in New Hampshire. The crowd laughed and cheered at his attacks on E. Jean Carroll who had just the day before, won a $5 million lawsuit against the ex-president for sexual assault and defamation. Hopefully, Ms. Carroll isn’t done yet because this guy hasn’t learned anything about defamation. I believe she has grounds for a second defamation case against the disgraced, twice impeached, pro-sexual assault, ex- president.
A Vivid Reminder
If nothing else, last night gave us a vivid reminder of what another term of a Donald Trump presidency would look like. I don’t know about anyone else but I’m way, way, past the chaos, shame, hatred, cruelty, lies, corruption, and total dysfunction this man brought to the White House. I’m ready to see this aberration gone into the dark night, never to be seen or heard from again.
Kaitlan Collins
CNN’s moderator, Kaitlan Collins, was persistent in trying to cut Trump off or correct him when he told bald faced lies about the results of the 2020 election, the January 6th riot, the insurrectionists, and E. Jean Carroll, but for the most part he was given an unfiltered prime-time platform to spread the same old filth. At one point Trump scowled at Ms. Collins and said, “You’re a nasty person,” echoing the 2016 line he had used against Hillary Clinton.
He Can’t Stop Himself
Trump won’t stop telling the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election or the January 6th riot. The demented, delusional, bloated, ex-president probably can’t stop spreading the falsehood that the 2020 election was “rigged,” and “stolen” due to his fragile mental state. Is it dementia? Insanity? Whatever it is; Trump’s got a bad case of it. It wasn’t a Town Hall where a presidential candidate talked about what he was going to do for the country but rather an hour spent attacking his enemies and defending his undefendable behavior.
Doling Out the Pardons
At one point Trump stated he was “inclined” to pardon “many” of the January 6th rioters who had attempted to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. The audience clapped and cheered. When it came to the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, he was a bit more hesitant. I believe that was just for now, if he gets elected, I believe he will blanket pardon all of them. I’m sure his inner circle was glad that he didn’t make that promise so early in the race.
Pence Gets No Apology
When Trump was asked by the moderator if he owed Mike Pence an apology for having put his VP’s life in danger with the incendiary tweets he was sending to his supporters during the violent and deadly attack on the Capitol. He refused saying, “Mike did the wrong thing.” In fact, the demented (?) old fart called it a “beautiful day,” embracing the lawless violence of January 6th. No matter how vulgar, profane or politically incorrect Trump was, the friendly crowd in New Hampshire ate up the bullshit rewarding him with applause, laughter, and hoots of appreciation.
“A Wack Job”
Despite being held liable for sexual abuse and defamation by a NY jury, to the tune of $5 million in damages, Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll’s accusations of rape as “made up hanky-panky in a dressing room.” The audience laughed and applauded. Quite honestly, the disrespect for the victim was disgusting. And, I might add, it was a huge slap in the face to every woman in America who has been the victim of sexual assault or rape.
Set Up
I’m sure Trump wanted the “Town Hall” to make it look like he was the Republican nominee. He was repeatedly called “Mr. President.” Whoever planned the event wanted him to look like the clear and unchallenged incumbent.
Hailing The Roe vs Wade Decision
He hailed the overturning of Roe v. Wade as a “great victory.” At one point he said he “was honored to have done what I did.” Trump, more than anyone on the planet, is responsible for the Supreme Court decision to overturn 50 years of precedent; threatening a woman’s right to a legal abortion in this country. Trump appointed three of the right-wing justices who pushed the majority opinion. When questioned Trump invented a couple new dance steps as he aggressively dodged taking a position on a federal abortion ban.
Behind The Scenes
I’ve read that privately he has blamed abortion politics for the underperformance of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterms. So far in the campaign he has been treading carefully on that hot topic. While refusing to say if he would sign a federal ban, Mr. Trump painted Democrats as radicals and promised (for whatever that’s worth) that he supported exemptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. “What I’ll do is negotiate so people are happy,” he said.
Heated Defense
I wonder if Jack Smith and his crew of DOJ investigators tuned in to watch the show. In my opinion, Trump made several statements that could potentially deepen his legal jeopardy in the mishandling of documents case. But then I’m no lawyer, just a retired RN who took a shit load of pre-law classes before I changed my major. Trump became noticeably angry when Kaitlin Collins brought up the special counsel investigation into his removal of presidential records, including 300 individual classified documents, from the White House, taking them to Florida and stashing them in the basement of Mar-a-Lago.
Babble
“I was there, and I took what I took, and it gets declassified,” said Trump. Maintaining that he had a standing order to automatically declassify documents that went to the president’s residence, despite pushback on those assertions from his own former officials. He continued, claiming, “I had every right to do it, I didn’t make a secret of it. You know, the boxes were stationed outside the White House, people were taking pictures of it.”
Did He Share Classified Documents?
Collins pressed the issue and inquired if he had shown the documents to anyone. Trump did not rule out whether he had showed classified material to visitors to the club, individuals without security clearance. He hedged, saying, “Not really, I can’t think of anyone.” (But) I would have the right to.” At another point he declared, “I have the right to do whatever I want with them.” My, my. Apparently, among other things Mr. Trump is unaware of the Presidential Records Act. No records leave the White House, all documents are the property of the people of the United States of America.
Biden Tweets His Question
It looks like Biden intends to focus his 2024 campaign on Mr. Chaos. Shortly after the event ended, President Biden sent out a tweet. “Do you want four more years of that?” it read. “Hell no,” I bellowed. Of course, there was the obligatory request for donations followed. It seems that the president’s political team was watching the on-air disaster.
My Thinking on The CNN Trump Rally
The only reason I can imagine that CNN would let such a debacle take place was because they are hoping to lure FOX (News?) viewers that are pissed at FOX for firing Tucker Carlson. It looks like the new ownership at CNN wants to shift their on-air political leanings toward the conservative right. It’s all about the money, and who has it, and what they are willing to spend it on; and in this case, it looks like someone at CNN wants to support and promote a disgraced, twice impeached grifter for a second try at destroying our democracy.
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