Tulsi strikes again
Bernie, still gotta love him, started a movement going, even though he has chickened out in pursuing it, which has encouraged rising stars such as Tulsi Gabbard, Nina Turner, Tim Canova and revitalized people like Alan Grayson and Jeff Merkley. My favorite, bar none, the real deal, the real straight shooter, the one with guts, is Tulsi Gabbard.
This essay isn't much of an investigation, Philippic or harangue. It is to showcase who is I believe the premier Progressive of our time: Tulsi Gabbard. Although she is a surfer girl (with reference to the Beach Boys song) she is one tough cookie who has been unafraid to take on the Democrat establishment even after Bernie's obscenely stolen loss. I am on her mailing list because I donated to her--and unlike any other candidate besides Nina Turner, I will donate to again. Here follows her latest:
Tulsi Gabbard
Ed,What President Trump did was illegal. Not only did he lack the Congressional authorization to launch a military strike against Syria -- by launching missiles before the United Nations could collect evidence from the site of this week's chemical attacks in Syria, the White House has jeopardized the legitimacy of future attacks on chemical assets or the regime airbases used to deliver them.
Recent history has shown us where poor judgment and a lack of evidence or intelligence can lead in times of crisis. Add your name to my petition to stop illegal airstrikes and compel President Trump to abide by the U.S. Constitution and work with Congress, and our allies in the United Nations.
If President Assad is indeed guilty of this horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians, I will be the first to call for his prosecution, conviction and sentencing by the International Criminal Court. But the successful prosecution and conviction of war criminals in the International Criminal Court hinges on the UN’s ability to collect evidence. President Trump’s unilateral airstrikes inhibits our ability to gather the facts needed to present a legal case against the culprits responsible for the horrific chemical attacks.
The fact is, Trump’s reckless escalation of the regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government will make things worse for the Syrian people, not better. Have we learned nothing from our invasions of Iraq and Libya? The overthrow of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, brutal dictators who attacked their own people, has resulted in hundreds of thousands more civilians killed, millions more refugees, trillions of dollars wasted, and the strengthening of al-Qaeda, ISIS and other terrorist organizations. We risk the same outcome in Syria if we overthrow the Syrian government. Additionally, this attack on Syria brings the United States and Russia closer to a direct military confrontation.
Add your name to my petition stating last night’s airstrikes were illegal and that President Trump must work with Congress before any unilateral escalation of war.
There is a reason our Constitution is written to require Congressional approval to declare war on an another country -- so the people of our country have a voice and so our nation isn’t heedlessly thrown into war without a clear goal, strategy and endgame.
The stakes of war are too high to allow one individual to unilaterally and rashly make such a grave decision for our entire country.
The chemical attack in Syria is abhorrent and deserves a thorough investigation and prosecution according to international law. Yet we cannot allow this attack to be a rationale to throw aside our Constitution and further escalate the counterproductive regime change war that has already resulted in the deaths of over 400,000 Syrians and created the worst refugee crisis in modern history.
What Donald Trump did was reckless and dangerous. As the neocon hawks beat their war drums, we must drown their voices with our calls for peace.
Aloha,
Tulsi
TnT 2020
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Yet another betrayal
I was a supporter in 2004 when he said he was going to represent the democratic wing of the Democratic Party.
Beware the bullshit factories.
Conformity
Once it was the man in the gray flannel suit.
Perhaps the hatred of being an irreducible individual feeds the eagerness of humans to be as predictably recognizable as bird species.
He makes me sick.
I know where Howard Dean lives. Run by his house all the time. I may have to take a dozen eggs with me the next time.
Howard Dean
Especially since it isn't his fucking business whether or not Tulsi should be in Congress.
That's nobody's business but the adults living in the second Congressional District of Hawai'i. And they seem to want her there.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
@thanatokephaloides Good point!
Good point!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
@thanatokephaloides
Isn't Dean one of those concerned that American citizens shouldn't make the wrong voting choices, because the
PTB'elites'knoware best?Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Howard Dean was a centrist, except that he was
for Medicare for All in his state. I'm guessing that was because he was a doctor, not because he was a liberal. Apart from that, he was not liberal as Governor or Vermont and did not get along very well with Bernie. Read his wiki---elite Wall Street background all the way.
@HenryAWallace The point wasn't that
The point wasn't that Dean was a liberal. It was that he was willing to buck the establishment when he thought a policy was stupid--such as healthcare policy and the Iraq War. Back then, it was unheard of. Now it's pretty much unheard of too. Mainly because we're not living in a Republic, much less a democracy.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Really? When people say they are surprised by Dean
opposing liberals or liberal ideas, they usually mean they thought Dean was a liberal.
@HenryAWallace That's because they
That's because they (mistakenly) identify being a liberal with telling the truth about stupid policies. Reality has a liberal bias, they used to say. Well, there used to be some truth to that, but what truth there was got put on the chopping block last year and it ain't coming back. Now liberals are shrieking "RUSSKIES! THERE'S A BEAR IN THE WOODS!" from sea to shining sea.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
"Truth has a liberal bias" was Colbert's refrain.
@Benny They spanked him in 2009
They spanked him in 2009 and sent him to his room.
"After today, he'll never desire to deviate again."
--Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
lol - yep, the Dems have noticed her & don't like her at all.
2018 will be an interesting election - if we survive Trump long enough to vote. Did I say vote? silly me.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
@dkmich Considering how the Dems
Considering how the Dems helped in the Kansas election ( they didn't) I fear that the 2018 election will be another disaster. I swear that the Democratic party does not give a damn about winning elections anymore.
Council on Foreign Relations
CFR.org
What about it/them?
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
She's a member.
@Big Al Then if she keeps
Then if she keeps this up, they'll probably throw her out too.
Easy to see if she's sincere. If she is, she'll be out of politics by November after next.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Maybe she serves a purpose by being there.
Tulsi does serve a purpose
That purpose is to rally people behind her and induce new people, Progressive people to run for and hopefully win office, no matter their party label. There is no one else attracting such fervor for the political process. Bernie is still out there, promoting his ideas, which is great, but his foreign policy sucks.
TnT 2020
member
Umm, are there any Congresscritters or ex-Congresscritters who aren't?
The thread you brought this into, Big Al, was about how Howard Dean and Ms, Gabbard got into a tangle over the Syria war.
Both Dean and Gabbard are, indeed, members of CFR.
I strongly suspect that there are no more non-members among the membership of Congress than a typical Yakuza member could count on the intact fingers of one hand.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Tulsi on Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson has become somewhat reasonable on some subjects. He had a good interview with Tulsi. The world has gone completely nuts when Fox's Carlson is more sane than Democracy Now on the war in Syria.
chuck utzman
TULSI 2020
@chuckutzman Oh, god. Is Amy Goodman
Oh, god. Is Amy Goodman supporting the war? How horrible.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
As predicted before, deep crevices are opening
in both political parties. The Libertarian / Rand Paul Wing wing of the GOP is distancing itself with ever greater speed from the McCain-Graham
WWEWW3 wing of the Repugnants. There is no love lost between these two factions. If this Syrian War gets out of hand (what? It's already out of hand!), expect to see progressively greater fracturing of the GOP.The Bernie wing is NOT drawing closer to the HillBots. Party Unity My Ass. Take that, Tom Perez.
Amazing that the Dem
party is now defined by Hillary - and those that support her.
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
"Disgusting" is the word I would use.
@Alligator Ed To quote Jimmy Dore,
To quote Jimmy Dore, "I'm not uniting with corporate bullshit, Keith."
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Bernie has absolutely NOT chickened out
...he may be proceeding differently than you would prefer, but he IS advancing his agenda.
'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member
@MsGrin I'd like an explanation
I'd like an explanation from him as to what his agenda actually is. If it is what he says it is, one of three things is true:
1)Bernie is a lunatic or a fool (highly unlikely)
2)Bernie's agenda is not what he says it is
3)Bernie has something up his sleeve that is an answer to the problem of election fraud, that will be even worse and more insurmountable now that DHS is in charge of our elections. But he doesn't want to explain his strategy in public, for obvious reasons
Nobody will be happier than me to find out that the answer is #3 rather than #2, but until there is any evidence of such, I need to go with the more probable explanation.
Anyway, Trump or no Trump, telling people to support a candidate who committed so much voter suppression and election fraud that I thought she was giving a tutorial on how to steal elections is --well, if that's part of his agenda, what does it say about his agenda?
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
And she couldn't even do that well! N/T
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
@The Voice In the Wilderness That's why DHS is
That's why DHS is now in charge of our elections. The populace managed to make a tiny gesture of dissent, horrific though it was. The fundamental gesture of the Trump election is an extended middle finger to the powerful and wealthy. Apparently America wanted so badly to make that gesture they were willing to take the horrific consequences. Or, I dunno, maybe they correctly ascertained that putting Hillary in was no better.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Indeed. Same Bernie
he ever was, and Not concerned about party affiliation.
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
Coincidence?
And coincidentally (or not), that was the last war we "won".
TOP going after Gabbard right now
on the wrecked list
Sickening
I think what frightens me the most is the sheer cruelty and bloodlust that those Democrats have.
They use propaganda and false flag events to justify going into countries to rape, torture, and slaughter everything in their path to spread US imperialism and ensure profits for their owners and themselves.
They don't care about the people, not in Syria, or anyone in the Middle East, or anyone in the world for that matter. It's all lies, all deception. All honeyed words and false smiles. All false outrage while they stroke their bloodied hands and salivate at their stock portfolios.
There are moments
when I think their stock portfolios are proof to them that what they are advocating is morally right.
@Linda Wood
The meritocracy is known by themselves to be beloved by their god, who shows this by allowing them to enrich themselves on the suffering and possessions of the unworthy. Circular (if mentally unbalanced) Dominionist 'reasoning' which enables them to 'justify' doing whatever they like to the vulnerable who, if they were worth anything, would be worth more money than they and thus be due their adulation.
Interesting, since according to most other variations of Christian religions, the worship of Mammon/the Golden Calf/Wall St. Bull was a Very Bad Thing. But, while the good will use what they have toward good, the evil will, in turn, use what they have toward evil... that being why we must never again vote for evil.
It's unfortunate that it nowadays seems to be so hard (for me, at any rate) to find various of previously available articles on Dominionism within the Washington political establishment, particularly where pertaining to ex-Senator Hillary...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Circular Dominionist thinking
has been edged out of political discourse by:
1. Russia
2. emails
3. Russia
4. Pizzagate
5. Russia
6. Democratic stupidity
7. Russia
5-6-7 = Circular argument
Calvinism N/T
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
@Ellen North I believe you have
I believe you have it surrounded, Mr. Garibaldi!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
I went there.
AND IT'S YOUR FAULT!!!
Every few weeks somebody baits me into it. I always regret it, but never learn.I didn't think the GOS could sink much lower after November. But the place is still in free fall. A group of 8 year olds with paint ball guns would be engaging in more sophisticated exchanges.
went there
Think of it as a booster vaccination. Your immunity to the GOS's various brands of bullshit is now maintained at full strength.
The worrisome thing about TOP is that these are, in effect, four year olds with real guns. To evidence this, I refer to all the rah-rah over there for ever more American military intervention in Syria. Those guns aren't paint ball.
One poor bastard over there stuck to his anti-interventionist, pro-peace stance regardless. Cat bless him! If I could trust their private messaging system as far as I could throw Pike's Peak, I'd log back in to invite him to come and play here. But I fear that admin OT have setup purgers to delete all private messages mentioning c99p in any way.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
@thanatokephaloides But I fear that
But I fear that admin OT have setup purgers to delete all private messages mentioning c99p in any way.
That would be flattering. Inconvenient, but flattering.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
I went there and posted
this comment. There was one response which I ignored.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
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