You Sold It All for a Dozen of Cheap Eggs

The disbelief and regret are getting deep even though it’s only been a week. 

You get what you paid for, and the red side sold their wives, daughters, grandmothers, sisters and any woman they are associated with down the river. They also sold their rights and freedoms and their social programs. 

The Republicans in charge will add taxes and tariffs, therefore taking away your jobs because of those taxes and tariffs, your healthcare because the Affordable Care Act is Obamacare, your retirement meaning your social security and so many more benefits that you obviously didn’t realize you had. 

This includes mass deportations on family and friends, maybe your grandparents or your parents. The shunning of all your family and friends because of what you’ve done to us all. 

And for what? A dozen of eggs that will only go up in price? An economy that will be tanked in 4 years? 

Though it’s only been a few days since the election, I’m honestly not mad any more. I get solace in the fact that though we all are going to pay for this, that maybe, just maybe, you will see the flaw in your decision. That you will see what I see: that this man, this Pumpkinfuhrer lied to you from day 1. 

The other thing is that rich Republicans don’t see you as someone they can help. No, that’s the perview of the Democrats, who start foundations, who try to help where they can. Republicans may spit in your face if you don’t think like them, act like them, have the same skin color and more. What’s even sadder, they can’t take it with them and they will make it generational wealth, passing it all down to their kids, family and friends. Maybe some of them might share but don’t bet on it. 

I’ve always shared when I could and as for me, I’m trying to figure out how to fund a charity where people can come to apply for money for those emergencies like food, medication and hospital bills. Right now, I’m not sure just how I’m even going to fund it because you all closed off a lot of avenues for me to do that. 

And all this is, or will be, happening because you thought we were only talking about trans people, which we weren't. And that's not discounting the fact you thought we weren't listening but then again, you weren't even speaking to us. Communication is the real key to this struggle.

Here's the real scoop folks: in all my travels in the world, I have found that people are basically the same everywhere and they all want the same...to provide for their family, make sure they have great housing, make sure they are adequately fed through well priced food, and to send their kids to college or a trade school so that their children have a chance at a better life. 

Did I miss anything for the people of America? For the families?

So, you've done some assuming where you shouldn't have. You should have done your research, your homework. You shouldn't have assumed anything as it made an ass out of you and me. You never even tried to know me or why I think the way I do or see the world the way I do.

Again, I have to remember, this is your lesson to learn, not mine. 

The sad part is I have no choice but be along for the ride...you can check out the regrets and fears of others...just watch this video:

And this one:

Until next time, I am the resistance.

Answers to Tough Questions #IamtheResistance #Pumpkinfuhrer #StrongerTogether

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted but I'll be posting a lot more in the coming days, weeks, and months. Here's an example of what I'll be doing. This was an answer I gave to a friend's post/meme on Facebook. Expect more of the same in the future.

There are issues on both sides here: First, I hate the party system because that is part of the problem but here goes...many Democrats don't really understand that there are people who truly can't buy food but the Republicans use that to forward their agenda without truly pushing the needs of the people to the front. It should never be us versus them. It should be WE THE PEOPLE. Those on the other side feel so disenfranchised because of that lack of understanding that it's flipped a switch in them which some can't turn off. Part of why they feel that way is the fact most politicians never come and talk to them. The group of younger people who run the YouTube Channel More Perfect Union (https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion/videos) has done a much better job of seeing what's real than any group I've seen.

Second, it scares the hell out of me to hear you all talking this way. That attitude of ignoring this and not doing anything about this is EXACTLY what happened in the 1930s in Germany. People were tired of not having anything because of the war reparations. They were tired of not being heard. Hitler played into that and look what happened. And if you don't believe me, look it up. Look long and hard and what do you see? Many will see a reflection of themselves and that can go both ways. I know young teenage women who have been crying since the day the man, whom I will call Pumpkinfuhrer from this point on, was elected. I may be old, but I'm not hardened, and I know there are things I can do to ease their pain. I didn't before now, and I will never back down when I see wrong being done. Bad things happen when good people turn their back, no matter what their reasons are.

Yes, you are tired, and I get that. Yes, there seems to be too few of us, and I get that too. But until we can ignite those who want to remain silent, until we can get all of us on the same page, we must lead the pack by being the good ones who stood up while everyone around us stood still. And I'm only asking each of you to do what you can. If all you can do is to read or listen to an article or a person's podcast/YouTube video, then do that. Sign petitions. Like those videos, articles, and all you agree with. Call the police when you see something wrong. Don't let it go unnoticed because if you do, you have given them a license to do whatever they want over and over again. Not everyone can be in the resistance, I get that, but to ignore it all as if it's not happening is the reason we got here in the first place.

Third, I feel I have a moral obligation to protect my generation’s descendants. All of them. For me this is two-fold: one, my husband is a direct descendant of James Madison. When I heard that from my husband and his mother, I was just so excited to be related to Dolly Madison, I was beside myself. As the years have rolled on, I realize there is more to that relationship than I thought. It isn't enough to be part of that line, it's almost as if you can feel the Bill of Rights and Constitution rattle your soul. It's as if you get why those handful of men did what they did to get us where we are today. If we don't honor democracy as they did, who are we really and why are we here today?

I know that we're here today because of the inactions of my generation and the generations before. We wanted to live and let live. Let people have the full measure of living free. We wanted, but didn't fulfill the need, to give the American Dream to everyone. But we left a lot behind, we didn't fill the gaps. When we saw things that weren't directly related to us, even though they could have been bad, we did nothing. We didn't say anything to let those know involved that their actions weren't acceptable.

So honestly, this is a problem for all of us. We each of to take responsibility and only together can we solve this.

And yes, I am doing what I can. I am revamping sites I started the first time Pumpkinfuhrer was elected. Please be kind as I am revamping all of them. See, the first time around, I gave up too, and that was definitely the wrong thing to do.

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How Much Longer - #Pumpkinfuhrer #IamtheResistance #WereNotGonnaTakeIt

Wow...just wow...this president is such a baby.

His popularity has dropped to the new low of 34%.

Add to that the fact he's guilty of trying to obstruct justice and you have a recipe for disaster.

How much longer are the American people going to take this? We didn't give Nixon this much rope to hang himself. #Pumpkinfuhrer needs to grow up and realize he's not the man for this country.

Never was. #IamtheResistance

Why Medicine Should Never Be Capitalistic - #IamtheResistance #NoMoreBigMedicine #Patients1st

One of the areas I’m passionate about is the fact that medical care should be available to all. This is the only area I see socialism working to the total benefit of the people. I think it’s obvious from what gets posted here and on the Facebook Page that I’m a Democrat who believes in an America for all. A place where the American Dream still exists and where people don’t have to die because of lack of medical insurance or medical care. It should be a right for everyone.

But let’s sidestep that issue for a moment here because let’s face it, the bottom line in this country is money in the form of profit and loss. The medical establishment has stepped away from their oath and made it all about making it big on some new drug or piece of medical equipment. This essay is about one specific piece of equipment and the greed of the company who made it.

First, let’s step back a bit and look at something that has been around since Greek times. It’s called the Hippocratic Oath, and every doctor is required to abide by that covenant as he joins the medical establishment. Here’s the modern version that is employed by many medical schools:

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can but I will always look for a path to a cure for all diseases.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

In that oath, there is not a mention of compensation at all. When treating a person, it states that you treat their whole life, including the financial burden it may propose on a person’s family. To me, this speaks directly to the Affordable Care Act, and the fact medicine should be everyone’s right. But that argument is for a different day.

The part I’m particularly interested in is the scientific gains of physicians and what happens when the medical establishment isn’t honest with their patients. This is what happened to Dr. Amy Reed when she went into the hospital for a hysterectomy. Had all the information been given to her, she might be alive today, but sadly, she isn’t. Here’s an article that pretty well sums it up: https://cancerletter.com/articles/20170526_1/

Now, I don’t know Amy personally, but I feel that I do because when her petition came around on Change.org, I signed it. And every other petition she sent me. Why? Because it was the right thing to do. Each of the items coming across my desk told of how the FDA wasn’t regulating things like they should. How the company who made the power morcellator had known since 2006 the actions done by their equipment and that it could spread undiagnosed cancer throughout a woman’s body. Doctors kept touting the facts of how wonderful less invasive surgery was. They all forgot one thing in this equation: the patient and the negative effect of the equipment.

Too many hospitals and physicians had taken the company at their word that the risk was no greater than 1 in 10,000. Actually, the risk was more like 1 in 273 women who were at serious risk of cancer. The medical establishment tried to gloss it over and blame Amy along with her husband when they should have been doing the right thing by starting a fact-finding mission to seek the truth.

But profit and greed won the day, but Amy wouldn’t give up. The FDA was shocked to find that this particular piece of equipment was causing any trouble. Dr. Reed filed her own FDA report concerning the equipment. After her report, they did some research on their own, and their numbers were at least 1 in 300 women had cancer spread throughout their bodies because of this machine. Eventually, the FDA restricted the use of this piece of equipment. Once that happened, the use of the power morcellator went down 80% and under restrictive conditions.

Until that time, Dr. Reed and her husband, also a doctor, were called names and treated like pariahs. Yet, they took their oath seriously and knew they had an obligation to the women of the world. Since then, study after study has come out saying how dangerous the use of this equipment can be to a woman.

Read the article yourself, do the research and I think that you’ll come to the same conclusion I have: this issue was driven by greed. After all, the more doctors who used a power morcellator, the more money the company made. I’m sure that each time it was used, a fee had to be paid to the company. Only one person came to see the issue for what it really was, and that person was Dr. Amy Reed.

All she wanted was to be a doctor and help people. She has helped point out a serious problem that is not uncommon in the medical field. If a piece of equipment or a drug or anything medical is killing people, it needs to be stopped being used. It costs each and every one of us something when bad things happen because of big medicine as we all pay for it in different areas such as insurance, increased doctors’ fees and on and on.

For Amy, it cost her life, yet even as her condition deteriorated, she did the right thing.

Rest in peace, Amy, I for one will never forget you.

We Lost Our Country ~ #IamtheResistance #LoveTrumpsHate #StrongerTogether

I haven’t been around because I felt I lost my country on election night. Things had gone so wrong but in retrospect, there were reasons we lost. None of them are more rational than the fact we had missed a large segment of the US population. We didn’t understand them. In retrospect, we needed to ignore the larger states even though they actually decide the largest share of the vote for the electoral college.

We needed to go straight for the little guy. Straight for the one who can’t pay for their healthcare, straight for the ones who can’t send their kids to college and straight for those who are barely surviving.

With Donald Trump, they thought they would be getting a champion but they were wrong, so very wrong. This man is a disaster waiting to happen. Nothing has said it more eloquently than this post and video.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/13/1620267/-You-Are-Not-Alone-New-Poll-Reveals-America-s-Deep-Disapproval-Of-Donald-Trump  

We are not alone. And this more than anything, is more heartening than anything I’ve heard in a long, long time.

Many of you don’t agree with the incoming President-elect. There are even less of you supporting him than on election day. And that gives me and other people who will always resist hope.

Please take some time to familiarize yourself with what this one says. Knowledge is power and that power can turn the tide on how government looks at the American people. That government needs to know that every American counts. Not the rich, not the few but the many.

As always, #IamtheResistance. Please visit our new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/IamtheResistanceUSA and we hope to see you there.

Critical Meltdown ~ #IamtheResistance #StrongerTogether #LoveTrumpsHate

I just read a post where someone was getting all over actor Tom Hanks for asking people to calm down and saying we were going to be alright. That person, actually more than one someone, read that as him giving a green light to the other side. But that isn't what he said at all. Matter of fact, he didn’t even imply that at all. Never mind that the venue really wasn’t one with a political agenda.

Then it suddenly dawned on me what we’re all missing. Yes, we missed just how far off we were from the other side but if we continue down this path, we aren’t any better than that other side. We can’t have an all or nothing attitude because that isn’t how people, or politics, work. We learn, we compromise, we eventually get what’s going on and then we try to change the wrongs we see.

Tom Hanks asked for calm and he was right in doing so. Why many of you are asking…and…the reason is simple: There is a difference between being passionate for something and having passion. Having passion, or sometimes called in the heat of the moment, can mean we make very wrong decisions. We act irrationally, say the wrong thing, we act in way totally opposing what we want and then we are left with a void of confusion. Sometimes we wonder ‘what the hell was that’ and we flounder as we try to justify our outburst. We rationalize our thoughts and actions as we try to make sense of things, instead of the fact we should just admit we were angry. All the while, we have lost that which we sought because those we wanted to influence by our outburst just did a complete one-eighty away from us.

When we are passionate about something, we plan, we scheme and we manipulate the world around us to make that, whatever that may be, happen. We need to be focused on our mission else we become the very thing we are fighting against. None of us want that at all. We want a better place where everyone one can live in peace and harmony regardless of their beliefs, sexual orientation and so much more.

Now, I am not saying we shouldn’t stand up to all the negative that’s happening in our world today. No, that’s never going away and I will stand against it on BOTH sides. We’ve truly got to grab the bull by the horns and lead him to the right direction. We should continue to point out our displeasure and start acting like we mean it by signing petitions, calling politicians and volunteering to do more for the causes we believe in. We should never become those we deplore.

We have to quit thinking it’s an all or nothing scenario. Each person processes grief and anger differently. We have to realize this and move on. Not everyone will agree 100% on anything. Ever. We need to get over that way of thinking. And we need to allow the others their right to think and process things in their own way. Eventually, they will realize just what Trump has cost them. It’s our duty to make them see that with the best truths available, not tear down people because they don’t say the same things the way we do.

Beating up Tom Hanks for saying we’ll be alright, isn’t the way to make that change happen because we WILL be all right. The government is more than just one man or woman. At last count, there were 435 in the House, 100 in the Senate and 9 Supreme Court Justices that decide our fate. Add that the many more at the State level and there are a lot of people we can, and will influence.

We need to be positive change and not condemn everything we see as not agreeing with us 100%. It’s like herding cats. In case anyone wonders what I mean, look it up on YouTube and watch the videos. You’ll get a great laugh. See, cats can never be herded at all. Sometimes when you try, you’ll get bit and scratched. You can try to herd people then get mad at them because they resist. It isn’t going to work. Only when they see the whole picture, both sides, and can then decide for themselves will they stop resisting. But not everyone is a big picture person and again, we’ll have to work hard to make the light bulb go off.

Nothing in this world will ever make racism for any reason or misogyny right. And those people who have that ideology will need to be dealt with differently. But for the general populace, who is just trying to live their lives, a more temperate approach is needed, something more logical based that will reason with them.

As for us, we just need to have a plan. Then we need to work that plan. And if all goes according to plan, we need to celebrate our victories. It’s not going to be an easy battle but bashing those who have a more temperate demeanor isn’t going to help our cause.

That’s it for today. See you soon!

1PoliticalMama

Never Silent ~ #IamtheResistance #StrongerTogether #LoveTrumpsHate

After reading and researching for days, I know I can’t be silent. It’s when we’re silent that democracy dies. It’s when we’re silent that Congress, namely the House, sneaks in pesky riders can defeat even the best bills.

That’s exactly what happened to Obamacare. They made it so bad and then gave it the president’s name that signed it so you’d all blame him. The reality of the situation is that while the President signed the bill, he’s not the one who has ruined it. Corporations and an uncaring House, full of Republicans, ruined it.

Moving on as this wasn’t really what I intended to talk about here, there will be many more things as time moves on and I plan to take them as they come. I will talk about the plan Trump laid out for his first 100 Days, item by item, and you can decide if it’s going to be as good for you as you hope.

For me, I will do one deed daily to move forward a more progressive agenda. I will talk about everything I can to help people make more informed and better decisions about what is going on in your world. While I can’t watch every State, if I do see something I feels is particularly detrimental for you, I will point it out.

See, it will be up to each of us to be motivated and moving toward that America we all want. The Republican party won’t do it and while the Democrats had much better plans, I was going to be watching to make sure they too were doing more for we the people.

More articles to read, more thoughts to ponder and thing about as you choose your part of resistance:

The Triumph of Ignorance ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1594658/-The-triumph-of-ignorance    

Manipulation of the Press ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1595533/-This-is-how-the-right-wing-media-spread-a-lie-about-Obama-and-brown-people-to-get-out-their-vote

Sunday Roundup ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598043/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up-We-are-still-here    

A Chilling Perspective ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598112/-A-chilling-encounter-with-a-German-student-left-me-shaking  

Careful What you Say ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598359/-Kellyanne-Conway-to-Trump-critics-Be-careful-what-you-say

Our Protests ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598267/-YOU-RE-MAD-BECAUSE-WE-PROTEST

Sleeping in His Own Bed ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/12/1598074/-Donald-Trump-Will-Absolutely-HATE-Being-President-And-Citizens-Will-Suffer-For-It

Winning the Popular Vote ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598345/-Trump-Camp-Mounting-Disinformation-Campaign-That-He-Is-Ahead-In-Popular-Vote

Helping to Fix Things ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1597931/-Want-to-prevent-the-Republican-Horde-from-destroying-PPACA-Medicare-Phone-it-in

Why Hillary’s Defeat is On Us ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/12/1597886/-It-was-Democrat-voters-who-let-Hillary-down-not-the-other-way-round  

Scary Science Things ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/12/1595465/-This-week-in-science-RIP

There Goes Medicare ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596527/-Paul-Ryan-just-announced-his-plans-to-phase-out-Medicare-with-privatization-using-vouchers

That’s about it for today. See you tomorrow with more.

1PoliticalMama

Loving Liberty ~ #IamtheResistance #StrongerTogether #LoveTrumpsHate

From time to time, there will be little to say. Everyone knows my stance and they’ve gotten some idea on just how I plan to help make change. On those days, I will put up memes designed to motivate you or to get you thinking about the bigger picture.

It’s the bigger picture we all need to see and work with to make real change happen.

That’s it for today. See you tomorrow.

1PoliticalMama

The Donald Needs To Speak Up ~ #IamtheResistance #StrongerTogether #LoveTrumpsHate

Before I even start this post I want to thank all those in the military for protecting my freedom and the American way of life. You and yours have sacrificed so much for all of us. This is your day and I commend you. Now on to my post.

I am so done with being told I have to suck it up, move on, the protesters are whiners and on and on. I am not trying to impose my thoughts on anyone. We are all free to think as we want, vote for who we want and feel the way we want. That is our right in the USA and I am NOT trying to force you to believe what I believe at all but am attempting to show the big picture.

I get the people who are red because I was raised red. I understand how the despair gets so deep that you can’t find any way out of your situation. You want to hurt something in the worst way in hopes that it will make you feel better. It is sad to watch farmers lose out to big farming, to see parents who can’t send their child to college, to not be able to feed your kids nor have a slice of the American Dream. I get that.

What I don’t get is the hate that it’s someone else’s fault. Our lives are a line, sometimes straight and sometimes crooked, of decisions that we make. What happens to us is our own fault. Sure, circumstances would seem to point differently. But let’s think about the jobs those so-called illegal immigrants have supposedly taken from you. Right now, they hold the most menial of jobs overall. They are cleaning toilets, picking produce, making beds and doing the things that MOST white America does NOT want to do. So what’s the problem with them? Nothing. The problem is your attitude that shoving them out will make a difference. It won’t.

We, the white people of America, brought the slaves here to pick our cotton and help us in whatever we needed. It is our fault that they are here. Most of them didn’t want to come here at all. They had homes, families and a totally different way of life. But wars in their own countries lead to other blacks selling them off. Today, they are a vital part of our society and have achieved much for our country. What’s the problem with them? Nothing, they are just different than you. Pushing them out will solve nothing. Nothing.

And we started out doing the wrong thing from the moment we stepped foot on this shore, we the white people, when we cheated the Indians, the true First Peoples of this great land of ours. We continue to cheat them because we MUST maintain our way of life. We cheat them out of land, out of privilege and out of their rights because it impedes our progress. Never mind that we’re killing the environment to do it. Never mind that we’re trampling on THEIR RIGHTS because it’s OUR country. Yeah, kiss that theory goodbye.

Let’s get one thing straight. The earth is no one’s. I have always been surprised it hasn’t shaken us off like a bunch of fleas. It has limited resources that we are depleting daily and we’re not getting the big picture here because we only live a hundred years. We have no earth perspective because most humans can’t fathom that much time. For those of us who can, the world is a scary place and is about to make our lives miserable. Climate change is here and there is no denying it. We must do our part to prevent it so there is a world for our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren and down the line.

Lastly, we need to get off this rock, something that can only be accomplished when we work together. Our world, like ourselves, has a limited lifetime. If we don’t start looking for alternatives, we will die out as a species. No, it’s not going to happen today or tomorrow or even twenty years from now unless some sort of unforeseen catastrophe hits us. But it will happen and the species needs to be working together toward the goal of space travel.

My final note is about Trump himself. The man needs to speak up if he really wants unity in this country. He needs to do what’s right by all of us. That means, he needs to address the protest, the anti-hate crimes and other things happening around this country because of the election. He needs to be firm yet embrace us all because we are all in this together. He needs to take the wind out of their sails and make them understand their behavior if it’s bad is not right or good for this country. He won with only 25.8% of the voting populace because over 50% of them feel so disenfranchised that they don’t vote because in their honest opinion their vote DOESN’T matter. The rest of us are trying to make sense of this horrible week and move on with our lives.

Good or bad, this is what is happening to us. We need to make it work for everyone, not just the few who won but every man, woman and child in this great land we call home.

Here’s a few articles that have rolled across my social media I think you should read:

More on the social unrest ~ https://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/welcome-to-trumps-america-58-reports-of-people-bullied-by-emboldened-bigots-and-the-list-is-growing  

Motion Denied ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1596340/-Judge-Curiel-Denies-Trump-Motion-to-Exclude-Evidence-of-What-He-Said-and-Tweeted-During-Campaign

Arizona Racist on Trump’s Team ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/10/1595617/-The-architect-of-the-most-racist-law-in-modern-American-history-has-been-named-to-Trump-s-team

The KKK is back! ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595828/-The-North-Carolina-Ku-Klux-Klan-announces-they-will-hold-a-Trump-victory-parade-in-December

Day One ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595520/-Trump-goes-after-immigrants-government-workers-the-environment-and-gay-couples-that-s-day-one

Gotta Love California ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595296/-California-Does-The-Right-Thing-in-the-Face-of-Trump

Roundup on Government Programs & You ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596545/-Abbreviated-pundit-roundup-How-Trump-will-affect-your-federal-and-state-taxes-Medicare-and-more

A Promising Women’s Group ~ http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/fight-like-hell/

His Planned 1^st 100 Days ~ http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days

On Getting Our Respect ~ http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/09/trump-supporters-give-chance-forget-treated-president-obama.html

That’s about it for today. See you tomorrow with more.

1PoliticalMama

Changing the USA ~ #IamtheResistance #StrongerTogether #LoveTrumpsHate

Now that we’ve had sometimes to process this information, we can note that the things in the media are pretty scary. This isn’t good nor is it right on either side to ever resort to violence. We know that the Trump side will do just that and we need to keep out of their cross hairs. BUT let’s not drop to their level and do the same to them. Avoid or ignore them when you can, fight only if you must.

Everyone needs to be in this together. We are stronger together than a few here or a few there. We as a people must let those who hate, for whatever reason, know that they are wrong. Hate is never an answer. The first thing we must do is to get behind some cause we support. Chances are many of those same people won’t sign petitions, won’t support causes and that’s neither here or there. What is important is what YOU do. Don’t worry about them. Worry about what you do, what the person in the mirror is committed to doing and we’ll get through this just fine.

On the agenda today are some articles and petitions that have been passed along to me during this second day. Some will make you cry, some will make you mad but all of them should make you motivated. I also want to let you know this blog has become part of my personal action plan to take back my America. Yes, it’s an America for all BUT without the hate and bias that some seem to want. That never works. People do want only the good for our country and yes, we all have different opinions. We all need to work toward that and only that.

Here’s a petition to change how the Electoral College votes. In recent years, we all know that there have been two presidents that lost the election even though they won the popular vote. That’s wrong in my opinion. The will of the people should always come before anything, providing those people are willing to air their griveances. Anyway, figure out what’s best for you. Sign it or don’t but at least look at it, form an opinion then move on to the next thing. http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/9/1594792/-The-surprisingly-realistic-path-to-eliminating-the-Electoral-College-by-2020

Also with the petition above is a website that explains what the popular vote really is and why the electoral college needs to change. http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

Here’s a petition regarding the environment. I must confess I am going to do some more research into it as I hadn’t heard of this particular group before. I can tell you that when I am writing petitions myself, a lot of them will be regarding the environment. Again, look at it and decide what is best for you. It would be nice if Obama could sign a few things to make the environment safe for a little while longer. But Trump needs to know this…he has a major fight on his hands if he tries to make things worse in this arena…millions of us won’t stand by and let him do it. http://www.obamaactonclimate.org/

This is more scary than anything else I will show you today. Some pretty sad things happened yesterday. Protests happened all over the nation, and that’s fine with the exception of Oakland, most of them were pretty peaceful. But these articles and imagines, they are anything but peaceful. If President-elect Trump doesn’t stop this now, there will be some sort of meltdown. And it won’t be good. I mean, nothing in this world makes the second article’s first picture remotely right in my world. You can’t tell me that things won’t escalate. It’s going to get ugly before it gets better.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/day-1-trumps-america_us_582497afe4b0cdd5e7e99e86

https://medium.com/@seanokane/day-1-in-trumps-america-9e4d58381001#.gp0op5sw1

Here are some general articles for your reading pleasure, or not so much but they are things that need to be shared.

A possible silver lining? ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/9/1594649/-Trump-s-Pyrrhic-Victory-Provides-a-BIG-Silver-Lining-for-Democrats

Putin and Trump, why am I not surprised? ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595495/-Surprise-Trump-was-a-Putin-puppet-all-along

Garrison Keillor’s take on Trump’s win ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595290/-Garrison-Keillor-Trump-voters-will-see-his-disasters-fall-on-them-more-than-anyone-else

What we’re up against ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/9/1580763/-It-s-time-to-stop-being-nice-and-be-honest-about-what-we-re-up-against

An eerie prediction from 2010 ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/09/1595055/-Noam-Chomsky-s-spot-on-prediction-of-a-Donald-Trump-presidency-in-2010

More of what we’re up against ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/09/1594870/-Donald-Trump-and-Paul-Ryan-are-going-to-brutalize-the-working-class-The-middle-class-too

Killing the Affordable Care Act ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/9/1594879/-McConnell-Senate-will-move-swiftly-to-repeal-Obamacare

This is all I have today but stay strong as we are stronger together.

1PoliticalMama