Thom Paine

That as much as killed all hope for a single payer system.  Cascade Care currently only has about 30,000 enrollees with their so-called Public Option with less than 3,000.  Cascade Care 2.0 will use 160 million taxpayer dollars to try to increase those numbers.  This will, at best only help a very small number of WA residents.  Why? Because the…[Read more]

I agree that the push by the left has at least moved the dialog left, but that’s really about all. If it wasn’t for the Left Biden wouldn’t even be mentioning a $15 min wage phased in over years. But we started pushing for $15 years ago.

I agree we should be asking for $24 min wage but recognize that the results would be the same.

It is inevitable when the government turns to authoritarian means to stop dissent.  Violence will not bring peace but only less freedoms.

Where are the keyboard revolutionaries that keep telling us that we need to revolt?  It’s happening across the country and in other countries, what are you waiting for?

Again, violence won’t bring peace.   And…[Read more]

Serious question.  I can’t argue with those that say that the big money is too powerful to defeat.  And I haven’t seen a strategy that looks like it will even make a mark. I think Sanders has taught us that trying to work with the establishment is the only way to make any progress. Some progressives aren’t happy with that and think progressives i…[Read more]

For example not too long ago under Trump Congress was mulling withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. But the NYT broke a story that said that they had obtain a leaked story from an intelligence source that the Russians were setting bounties on American troops.  Congress decided to forgo the removal of troops from Afghanistan. There were a number of…[Read more]

is based on the company trials.  They can’t state what the effectivness  would be for different time periods until they run the trials. Most likely the time difference won’t make a difference.

@enthusiast It doesn’t matter whether Trump wins or loses, the civil war has started.  I see that we have but one hope and that is we convince our elected mayors that they police are to stop all violence and no guns at protests.  In WA we need to get a bill thru the legislature and gov that outlaws guns at protests with serious penalties.

I see your point about the military but it looks to me like this will be just battles between the left and the police/neo-nazi’s/national guard and not a real revolution.  @ohiobarbarian

@djean11   My point is the DNC wants Biden to lose.

@hobbit709   Do I understand your point that we need a violent revolution?  You may be right, but I can’t see how that’s going to come about. There aren’t any castles to tear down.  The Oligarchy has the intelligence services,  military, national guard, local police and the armed neo-nazi’s on their side. How would the 99% overcome that?

It sh.ould be crystal that the DNC WANTS TO LOSE. Every one of their actions has been to piss off the progressive wing.  I am going to vote for Joe just to piss off the DNC.  If he wins then they will have 4 years of him to try to justify.

@hobbit709 “NO ruling elite in history has ever voluntarily relinquished power.”  I don’t believe that is true. The British pulled out of India.  MLK Jr. wasn’t looking for the Elite to “relinquish power”.  With no violence he won the hearts of enough Americans that the ruling elite had to adapt.  But if the protestors turn violent, that gives the…[Read more]

@jbnw  I don’t think violence advances the cause. But what’s your point?  Most of the violence isn’t by those trying to “advance the cause” and shaking our fingers them isn’t going to stop them.

The sheeple want to believe that their problems are not due to their failed “democratic government” but because of the Russians. I figure that Rachel Maddow was paid $14 million dollars to scream “The Russians are Coming” for two years. Of course MSNBC and the NYT are proved traitors to our democracy. Remember Judith Miller. One of the principle…[Read more]

To those that see a possibility of a successful revolution, please tell me how it would work.  Looks to me like the Right Wing with their guns are more than ready to defend the fascist Oligarchy.  Looks like a civil war and not a revolution.  Hell we can’t even get the fracking centrists to look badly at the Oligarchy.

@h-32  A short and to the point book.