I’m glad to have this outlet to express my views. And believe me I have some views! I have always been quite outspoken and against the grain. No trad wife here, although I have been married and have a wonderful daughter from a loving relationship. But throughout the sixties it became clear that a lot of things needed straightening out. Do people realize how many strides were made by the protestors of that era? Many of us are still alive and kicking, and we refuse to allow all our hard work to have been in vain.
Many of my favorite Substacks have rightly focused on what a disaster the current regime has been for our democracy. However, I am now going to take all that as a given, and proceed to focus on the positive changes that need to be made. Taking to the streets is no longer an option for me, but I can certainly keep these fingers flying on the keyboard for as long as I can see well enough to proofread what I have written.
So my call to the people this morning is to find ways to fight the power. Refuse to go along for one more minute. Union labor is aghast at the turn of this despot, although it should come as no surprise to those who knew how he ran his businesses by underpaying or outright stiffing his workers. Anyway, back to the necessary steps to take to stop our downward spiral.
The classy array of leaders from Europe who rushed to support Zelensky showed the world what true leadership looks like. Contrast that with the recent “Cabinet Meeting” for which there should have been prophylactics for all the sucking going on.
We must speak out with whatever tools we have available. Writing here in our rants, sending letters to our local papers (if they still exist), calling our local radio stations (ditto), and for those who are able, marching peacefully wherever and whenever we can. I understand that work stoppages may be in the offing as well. Whatever it takes to contain the madness to the small cabal of toady sycophants surrounding the ever more deranged diminutive despot.
And with that I am asking everyone to provide positive actions we can all take to make this nightmare go away. We don’t need endless recitations of his misdeeds. Let’s take it as a given that every word out of his mouth is a lie, and every action taken is being diabolically manipulated by the other evil people surrounding him. I personally try to do opposition research by subscribing to literature from Hillsdale College, the Federalist Society, Capitol Ministries, etc. in an attempt to understand the master plan. You’d be amazed at what these Christian Nationalist nutcases have in store for you.
I’m going to end with something I have been meaning to share for a while. Totally off topic, except for the sense that you don’t know what you don’t know. I was intrigued to find out that while all Kleenex boxes are the same size, they contain different amounts of the product. The softer you go, the less sheets you get. So a box of regular tissues contains 160, while the ultra soft has only 120. Now that’s nothing to sneeze at!
RESIST ALWAYS
TTFN
Your description of the cabinet meeting had me laughing. As for Kleenex, I lost that battle years ago when Heather insisted on Puffs. But I drew the line on Puffs with lotion because one of the important uses is cleaning my glasses which get smudged on the inside by my eyelashes.
I am losing my civility with my protest anger. Katharine, after 3 tries they still could not get a felony charge for the Subway vigilante. That leads me to believe pelting these miscreants is fair play. I say “Let them have it.” My only question is how long does it take for eggs unrefrigerated to become smelly? https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/launch-a-hero-updated?r=3m1bs