Hi All, This is a video of Thomas Frank speaking on June 11, 2016 at Printers Row in Chicago. As a lifelong Democrat, a son and grandson of lifelong Democrats, this is to say the least, disheartening. He discusses what happened to the party and where it's going.
If I were an aide-de-camp to Hillary Clinton, I would be tugging on her sleeve at the moment and whispering into her ear that she is standing at the precipice of a giant logic volcano and about to throw herself in.
The Obama administration has decided to double down on its aggressive posturing towards Russia, as the world creeps closer and closer to the unthinkable; a nuclear holocaust. If one can imagine how unacceptable the equivalent of a Russian missile system in Venezuela, with naval bases in the Caribbean, and ground forces in Mexico would be to the US, so too is the NATO military build-up on his borders unthinkable to Vladimir Putin.
You probably do not know how complex and detailed it is. for example here is a link to the Army Security Manual, Section 380-5:
Yes, another one:
Tried to embed just the portion where the story begins on - it's right about the 8 minute mark and goes on until 12:28
I'm not saying give in and get on board the $hillary train. I'm not saying LO2E is OK. It blows. But, it's probably a done deal...
And Bernie is the full measure of that man.
IF
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
Our sham elections have no longer any resemblance of democracy. I have been silently watching for a while. What is there to say that is not being turned into a drum beat.
I am 80 years old and it is quite clear that having participated in elections all those years only shows how much the system has the power to totally boggle otherwise functioning minds. Once one sees through the con game there is no going back.
Dear Senator Sanders:
