Prickly City by Scott Stantis for August 02, 2022

Since Newt, demonizing Democrats has been core to the Republican ‘platform’.

No socializing, NO compromises, Constant Campaigning featuring the most vile name calling, have been constants of the Republican ‘agenda’.

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And now, they are backed up by Fox “news” and an entire right wing media structure.

Except we would be hearing Winslow’s words actually coming from the right-wing populist, America, love it or leave it crowd………right Stanti?:

Start with not calling each other names, then actually think about each other’s ideas, then think about the good of the country.

Please excuse the re-post. Here is the Republican platform: Despite being in the minority, members of the SCOTUS, “Conservatives,” RWNJs, and white supremacists are attempting to drag this country back to their imaginary Jeffersonian agrarian idyl. The 1790 census (when Jefferson was Secretary of State), counted 5.3M Americans. Only white males owning 50 acres or more of land were permitted to vote, approximately 6% of the population. Free white men who did not own land, free white females, and slaves could not vote. In 1790 the American population was largely rural, making a living by farming. Our most recent census counted 332,403,650 Americans. Current estimates are that 83% of Americans live in urban areas. They do not work at farming. In pursuit of “small government,” the following are conservatives’ goals for their Jeffersonian America: 1. No women’s rights. 2. No civil rights for people of color, or for any other minority groups. 3. No immigration, other than Caucasians. 4. No labor unions. 5. No health insurance. 6. No legal recourse due to Republican-packed courts. 7. No social security. 8. No disability insurance. 9. No minimum wage. 10. No free and fair elections (ultimately, no elections). 11. Imposed state religion; government funding of religious schools. 12. Unregulated militias unchecked by Republican-packed courts. 13. No work on mitigating climate change; no environmental protections. 14. No free press. GOP politicians don’t care about the environment or mitigating climate change because they intend to stay permanently in office and use their money and power to take over remaining livable locations as environmental conditions worsen. Republican leaders don’t care if America dies as long as they can feed off the carcass for their lifetimes.

Why do you people who support today’s GOP, Trump, and Trump wannabes think that you will come out winners under this regime?

To answer the question: No, we cannot, for the motive directs the thought. If the thought is repugnant, then it’s very likely that the motive is likewise, or even worse.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while and I’d love to hear some other input. Should Puerto Rico:a) remain a territoryb) become a sovereign nationc) become the 51st stateand why?

We all know that Republicans are a genteel lot and have no use for crass jokes.

https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/08/mind-if-i-play-through.html