I would like to remind everyone about something unique in our history.

[shockey80]

During the worst times in our history, fate has had a way of setting things right.

The good in America has faced great pain and loss over and over again. In America, in the end fate has fallen on the side of the good. Trump is not on the side of the good.

Here are some examples of what I am talking about.

During the revolution, a foggy night allowed Washington and his army to slip away at the battle of New York. The next day would have brought total defeat and the end of the revolution.

A snow storm gave cover for the crossing of the Delaware and the capture of Trenton. The first major victory for Washington.

An immigrant, who could not speak english showed up at one of the most dire moments of the revolution. He transformed Washington's army into a professional fighting force.

During the battle of Gettysburg, a 23 year old officer by the name of Custer charged his men head long into the rebel calvary, helping to disrupt the rebel battle plan. The rebel army never fully recovered after their defeat at Gettysburg.

During the Great Depression a man crippled by polio became President. He spoke these words. " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Those words lifted an entire nation of people out of a sea of despair.

During the Battle of the Bulge, at the Battle of Bastogne, General McAuliffe said one word to the Germans who were demanding his surrender. "Nuts" The Americans held on against all odds until help arrived. Soon afterwards the German army collapsed and Hitler died a drug addicted coward.

Watergate: An FBI agent risked all, put country first and helped bring down Nixon.

911: Bin laden orders his men to hijack planes and crash them into buildings. A man by the name of Barack Obama becomes president. Bin Laden now swims with the fishes.

Now, the good in America is dealing with Trump. A man who has awoken one of man kinds greatest enemies, fascism.

Trump is on a collision course with fate and there is not a dam thing he can do about it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. As Bill Clinton famously said, "There is nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed...

...by what is right with America."

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. One of my favorite quotes ever.

[hlthe2b]

2. Appreciate the list, but uggh, did you have to include Custer? He was a genocidal maniac driven by

hate of Native Americans and no hero to me or anyone I respect.

[Nitram]

29. Custer had little to do with victory at Gettysburg.

The credit for that goes to Generals Buford, Hancock, and Meade for the excellent defensive positions they organized, and to the courage of numerous Union soldiers who fought long and hard to hold the line.

[Wounded Bear]

3. I think Joshua Chamberlain had more to do with the Gettysburg victory than Custer...

but other than that, good job.

[VOX]

41. Indeed. Chamberlain was at the far end of the Union line; if outflanked, the Rebs win.

And as Shelby Foote put it, “[Chamberlain] managed to stop the Alabamians who were going to take Little Round Top. That’s what he did. And, uh, it was a terrific touch and go thing. And if it had been anybody less resolute than Chamberlain, they would have lost Little Round Top ’cause there was no shortcoming of resolution on the other side. Those Alabamians and Texans were coming.”

[jcgoldie]

4. No offense but this is pretty extreme cherry picking

A whole lot of pretty terrible shit has happened along the way as well.

[Achilleaze]

8. I'll have some of those cherries

(I need a pick-me-up since I didn't get any Halloween candy, and my illegitimate republican pResident is an immoral, lying, draft-dodging hate monger who is deeply indebted to the russian mob)

[shockey80]

5. I agree with you about Custer. In the end fate came for Custer.

The Little Bighorn, what he did at Gettysburg was an important moment in our history.

[lark]

6. Thank you for the positive thoughts.

I am guilty of worrying a lot and being pessimistic, I hate it but it's true. This definitely raised my spirits today. I'll be making more GOTV calls this afternoon and the great responses I'm getting are also good counterpoints to the media's trying to make it "an even race" for their own profit.

[watoos]

14. Here, IMO, is another positive thought.

I live in an area in Central Pa. where Republicans outnumber us 4 to 1. Good news, it's not very populated.
Here's the good news that made me smile today. I was driving to a store 10 miles away and saw a few Democratic political signs, they made me smile. Then I saw a bit more Republican signs, well I expected that. It took a few miles for it to hit me, the Republican signs were colored Democratic blue. So I ask myself, are they trying to fool people into voting for Republicans because of the blue signs? I smelled desperation. Even if this is just a coincidence I don't remember blue political Republican signs.

[DeSmet]

16. me as well

I too live in north central Pa and enjoyed trying to convince the local majority the wisdom of Democratic principles. Tipp O'Neal was right. Sadly the political Debate forum I participated in was shut down last spring. Good new for us though. They are opening it back up. Just yesterday or the day before some members mentioned watoos. How much they loved him and miss him more than any who have left. watoos, the game is afoot.

[watoos]

24. No way? You must be kidding?

If you are serious you can confirm that all of the Russian propaganda came through that debate forum. I mean there were like 5 progressives on that forum.

[DeSmet]

32. Natasha will be back I believe.

I was one. There are more now along with the usual suspects. You'll find it all in the "Pay To Play" topic. After you read it, consider this...chime in on the topic and ask a question like "Anywhere around here a guy can get a cup of coffee" or something like that.


In keeping with the topic I would share a fate based recollection in the spirit of the OP's. The republican house had a dinner and thought they would invite President Obama. To their surprise he accepted. After dinner, he single handedly took on every rep that challenged him and won each and every exchange. It was the singularly most impressive victory in spite of the odds. Daniel, invited into the lions den and one by one put every lion that challenged him in retreat. I'll never forget it. It can still be found on you tube. I hope it's not lost to history. And thanks for including me in DU.

[2naSalit]

17. I noticed more blue signs and

there were a bunch of blue MAGA hats at some of the brownshirt rallies this past week, along with blue signs in the mob attending.

[Butterflylady]

18. I live a little more east of central PA

Actually a tad east of Hershey, and what amazes me is the lack of repug signs. Now I can't say we're loaded with democratic signs either, however the lack of repug signs are amazing. Usually there are repug signs all over. Not this time. It almost seems like it's an off year when we're electing judges and councilmen, not a governor and US senator.

[SallyHemmings]

7. Great post!

[lsewpershad]

9. Hope

is alive and well.

[grantcart]

10. While I am an earnest optimist and agree with your general premise

It needs to be noted that there are many many times that fate did not set things right.

When deciding to risk everything the revolutionaries made a conscious effort to establish the highest liberal values as the foundation of the country and made "all men are created equal" and at the same time strengthened the legal foundations of slavery.

"Fate" doesn't always save the day.

Taking the wrong road at that time not only extended the misery of millions for 85 years but created the necessity of a massive blood bath killing 600,000 in a dystopian (sic) war that arrived at a result that most intelligent people (including Lee) knew was inevitable.

Fate offered us 3 choices

1) continue as a colony and negotiate resolution of disputes

2) create a Revolutionary society where all people are really equal

3) create the myth and illusion of equality while advancing the reality of apartheid.

Because we chose the worst option we are left to trying to repair it 225 years later.

At the worst of times we often luck out and go to a higher plane.

Sometimes we choose the worst option and make it even worse.

Next Tuesday we will take a step back from a troubling turn toward anti constitutional facism but the reality is tens of millions of Americans will still embrace it.

One election will not solve this plague, only the complete public humiliation of Trump (a la Nixon) and the immolation of FOX News will do that.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. "Fate" ain't worth squat. Voting will prove a lot more effective.

Seriously - you're counting on something imaginary called "fate" to save our bacon?

[greyl]

12. It takes hope to vote.

"The good in America is dealing with Trump" includes us voters, the way I see it.

[brush]

13. Thanks for the OP. MLK also summed it up in his famous quote.

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

[Javaman]

15. it's times like now that I like to quote Windson Churchill...

"America always does the right thing...eventually".

[lunatica]

38. 👍

[mainstreetonce]

19. I think in your line about 9/11

You should have included the heroes who saved out capital by causing their plane to crash in PA.

[Hortensis]

20. For AWESOME accomplishments, the New Deal programs and projects.

This is what we can accomplish when "the best (DO NOT) lack all conviction" because they didn't allow their confidence to be undermined by listening to bad leaders, occult cyber warfare, and corrupted and deluded "thoughtful people."

Here are the numbers of projects per state that turned the collapse of our economy, widespread destitution, and 25% unemployment into incomes, new skills, new infrastructure, advances in racial integration and other great societal advances:

Alabama (195)
Alaska (181)
Arizona (192)
Arkansas (238)
California (1989)
Colorado (181)
Connecticut (266)
Delaware (112)
Florida (182)
Georgia (155)
Hawaii / Pacific Region (127)
Idaho (111)
Illinois (328)
Indiana (449)
Iowa (147)
Kansas (162)
Kentucky (117)
Louisiana (135)
Maine (260)
Maryland (166)
Massachusetts (834)
Michigan (246)
Minnesota (176)
Mississippi (252)
Missouri (359)
Montana (220)
Nebraska (172)
Nevada (122)
New Hampshire (150)
New Jersey (509)
New Mexico (312)
New York (1732)
North Carolina (183)
North Dakota (111)
Ohio (307)
Oklahoma (466)
Oregon (128)
Panama Canal Zone (1)
Pennsylvania (514)
Puerto Rico (133)
Rhode Island (139)
South Carolina (128)
South Dakota (116)
Tennessee (179)
Texas (820)
Utah (212)
Vermont (150)
Virgin Islands (133)
Virginia (164)
Washington (251)
Washington D.C. (329)
West Virginia (234)
Wisconsin (223)
Wyoming (153)

The major acts that embedded the New Deal for sharing our prosperity and opportunities in our institutions:

Economic Stimulus & Stabilization
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
Created National Recovery Administration (NRA).
Legalized industry collaboration for price controls and collective bargaining for labor.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933, Reauthorized 1938)
Created Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA).
Introduced measures to reduce crop supply, stabilize prices and support farm incomes.

Income and Wealth Taxes (1934-1941)
Greater emphasis on progressive taxation and taxation on wealth; consistent revenue increases achieved.

Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
Land returned or added to tribal holdings, development of tribal businesses promoted, a system of credit established, a return to self-governance.

Virgin Islands Company (1934)
Rehabilitated the sugar and rum industries of the Virgin Islands; reduced unemployment; provided various farm services and loan programs; coordinated with a homesteading program.

Legislation for American Indians in Oklahoma and Native Alaskans (1936)
Extended provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act to these areas.

U.S. Travel Bureau (1937)
Helped increase recreational travel & tourism within the United States.

Bank Stabilization & Financial Reform
Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933)
Gave the president emergency powers over the US banking system, under which he called a ‘bank holiday’ to allow evaluation of all banks and closure of insolvent ones.

Glass-Steagall Banking Act (1933)
Created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure personal bank accounts
Separated commercial from investment banking – The ‘Firewall.’

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (1933)
Insured bank deposits against bank failure, up to a certain level.

Securities Act (1933) & Securities Exchange Act (1934)
Created Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Allowed federal regulation of stock trading in public corporations.

Gold Reserve Act (1934)
Called in all private gold and created a government hoard (Fort Knox).

Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act (1934)
Protected farms from creditor repossession.

Banking Act (1935)
Restructured and centralized the Federal Reserve Bank.

Public Utility Holding Company Act (1935)
Protected consumers from certain rate increases, and also from high-risk speculation activities.

Relief & Welfare
Federal Emergency Relief Act (1933)
Created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
Gave financial aid to states to support local relief programs for the destitute.

Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (FSCC) (1933) – named Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (1933-1935), then Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (1935-1940)
Distributed surplus food and commodities to those in need.

Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts (1935-1943)
Provided funding for New Deal work agencies, especially the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Social Security Act (1935)
Created a national system of pensions, unemployment insurance and aid to mothers with children, and created Social Security Administration (SSA) to administer it.

New Public Works Programs
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (1933)
Created under Emergency Conservation Act.
Put unemployed, unskilled young men to work on rural and park improvements.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (1933)
Created under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.
Planned river basin development based on dams and hydroelectricity.

Public Works Administration (PWA) (1933)
Created under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Paid private contractors to build large-scale projects proposed by states.

Civil Works Administration (CWA) (1933)
Created by Executive Order as temporary work relief under FERA.
Hired unemployed directly to work on local projects; became model for WPA.

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (1933)
Created under the Federal Emergency Relief Act to award grants to states for works programs to hire the unemployed and provide direct relief payments to the indigent.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935) – renamed Work Projects Administration (1939)
Created by Executive Order to fund state and local public works projects.
Hired the unemployed directly and became the largest of all public works programs.

National Youth Administration (NYA) (1935)
Created by Executive Order as a subdivision of the WPA.
Hired young men and women, both in and out of school, for works programs.

Rural Electrification Administration (REA) (1935)
Created by Executive Order to bring electricity to isolated rural areas.
Made permanent by Rural Electrification Act (1936).

Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (1935)
Created by Soil Conservation Act (1935) to continue work of Soil Erosion Service (SES) created under Emergency Conservation Act (1933).

Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) (1935)
Large-scale public works program, hired thousands of unemployed men & women, long-lasting improvements to infrastructure, education, health, agricultural land, etc.

Expansion of Existing Public Works Programs
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) (1918) – renamed Public Roads Administration (1939)
Built roads in national parks & forests, assisted states with road construction, helped beautify highways, and conducted various transportation studies.

U.S. Post Office Department (1792)
Worked with the U.S. Treasury, and later the Public Buildings Administration (PBA), to create new post office buildings and artworks in post offices.

Bureau of Reclamation (1902)
Built dams and irrigation projects in the western states and major river basin projects on the Columbia, Colorado & Sacramento River systems.

Army Corps of Engineers (1802)
Built levees, dams and canals across the country, built the Missouri river basin project and made levee improvements along the Mississippi, Ohio and Sacramento Rivers.

U.S. Armed Forces and National Defense Industries
Improvements to military bases, funding for Naval & Coast Guard vessels, jobs for defense industry workers & tradesmen, energy for airplane production, job training for young unemployed men & women, discipline & leadership skills in the CCC.

Arts & Culture Programs
Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) (1933)
Paid for by the CWA and operated by the U.S. Treasury.

Art & Culture Projects of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (1934)
Plays, concerts, and artwork.

Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA) (1934)– originally called Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (TSPS) from 1934 to 1938, then Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA) from 1938 to 1939, and then finally just Section of Fine Arts (SFA, located in the newly-created Public Buildings Administration, from 1939 to 1943 .
Oversaw artworks created to enhance public buildings, notably post offices.

Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) (1935)
The smallest of the programs to hire unemployed artists to create public artworks.

Indian Arts and Crafts Board (1935)
Created to promote and protect Indian arts and crafts.

Fedeal Project Number One (Federal One) (1935)
Created by the WPA to employ artists, writers, historians and other professionals
The largest of the arts programs, with five divisions:

—Federal Art Project (FAP) (1935)
—Federal Music Project (FMP) (1935)
—Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) (1935)
—Federal Theatre Project (FTP) (1935)
—Historical Records Survey (HRS) (1935)

A reorganization in 1939 changed the names of the first three to WPA Arts Program,
WPA Music Program and WPA Writers’ Program, eliminated the Theater project, and made the HRS part of the WPA’s Research and Records Program.

Federal Dance Project (1936)
An offshoot of the Federal Theatre Project, created to provide special opportunities for unemployed dancers.

Reorganization of Public Works Programs
U.S. Treasury, Public Buildings Branch (PBB) (1933) – called Public Works Branch from 1933-1935, then Public Buildings Branch from 1935-1939
Part of new Procurement Division created to consolidate federal building activities.
Managed the construction and repair of most federal buildings.
Managed Treasury Section of Painting & Sculpture and Treasury Relief Art Project.

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) (1937)
Created by Bonneville Power Act.
Managed electric power grid and sales from the Columbia River project.

Public Buildings Administration (PBA) (1939)
Created under the Reorganization Act of 1939 to manage all federal (non-military) buildings, taking over the work of the U.S. Treasury Procurement Division.

Federal Works Agency (FWA) (1939)
Created under the Reorganization Act of 1939 as an umbrella agency to
administer existing public works programs, including the PWA, WPA, USHA, PRA (BPR), and PBA.

Federal Security Agency (FSA) (1939)
Created under the Reorganization Act of 1939 to manage a number of federal agencies & offices, including the the CCC, the NYA, and the Social Security Board.

Rural & Farm Assistance
Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933, Reauthorized 1938)
Created Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) for price stabilization and income support through government purchases, marketing boards, and land retirement.

Farm Credit Act (1933)
Created Farm Credit Administration (FCA).
Oversight of all farm credit programs & refinancing of farm mortgages.

Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act (1934)
Protected farms from creditor repossession

Virgin Islands Company (1934)
Rehabilitated the sugar and rum industries of the Virgin Islands; reduced unemployment; provided various farm services and loan programs; coordinated with a homesteading program.

Shelterbelt Project (1934)
A large tree-planting project in the Great Plains, to protect against wind erosion and to provide work for the unemployed.

Resettlement Administration (RA) (1935)
Evolved from earlier emergency relief legislation.
Created planned communities for Americans whose livelihoods had been upturned by the Depression; rehabilitated overused land; made loans to farmers.

Soil Conservation Act (1935)
Created Social Conservation Service (SCS) to help build soil protection and water conservation works, following on success of emergency Soil Erosion Service (SES).

Rural Electrification Act (1936)
Preceded by Executive Order creating Rural Electrification Administration (REA) (1935); brought electric grid to distant rural areas.

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937)
Provided aid to tenant farmers and sharecroppers.

Housing Aid & Mortgage Reform
Home Owners’ Loan Act (1933)
Created Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC).
Provided financial assistance to home owners and the mortgage industry.

National Housing Act (1934)
Created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to guarantee mortgages with banks
Created the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation to act like Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (see above) for Savings and Loan institutions.

United States Housing Act (1937)
Created U.S. Housing Authority (USHA) to build public housing.

Labor Law
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
Insured the right of workers to organize, provides for a national minimum wage and outlaws child labor.

Wagner-Peyser Act / U.S. Employment Service (1933)
Abolished and then re-formed the U.S. Employment Service (USES) into a more efficient agency; The USES helped reconnect jobless workers to the labor market.

National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) (1935)
Reaffirmed the right of collective bargaining, with rules and enforcement by a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Social Security Act (1935)
Provided unemployment insurance and social security taxes on payrolls and paychecks.

Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
Restored rights lost when the National Industrial Recovery Act was overturned by the Supreme Court: minimum wage and no child labor.

Health & Public Safety
National Cancer Institute Act (1937)
Created the National Cancer Institute within the National Institute of Health.

Environmental & Wildlife Conservation
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (1933)
Created under Emergency Conservation Act.
Put unemployed, unskilled young men to work on rural and park improvements.

Shelterbelt Project (1934)
A large tree-planting project in the Great Plains, to protect against wind erosion and to provide work for the unemployed.

Soil Conservation Act (1935)
Created Social Conservation Service (SCS) to help build soil protection and water conservation works, following on success of emergency Soil Erosion Service (SES).

Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (1935)
Created by Soil Conservation Act (1935) to continue work of Soil Erosion Service (SES) created under Emergency Conservation Act (1933).

Regulation of Trade, Transport, & Communications
Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
21st amendment to the Constitution approved by Congress, followed by states.

Export-Import Bank (1934)
Created to help facilitate trade with other nations; Began as two banks, consolidated into one in 1935.

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (1934)
Led to trade agreements with 19 countries between 1934 and 1939.

Communications Act (1934)
Established Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate radio spectrum.

Civil Aeronautics Act (1938)
Established the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA); later split into the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to regulate carriers and the Civil Aeronautics Administration (later, the Federal Aviation Administration) to control air traffic.

Robinson-Patman Act (1936)
Also called the “Anti-Price Discrimination Act”; strengthened rules against monopolistic control and pricing (chiefly aimed at chain stores); complemented by Wheeler-Lea Act (1938).

[yonder]

25. +1.

[jalan48]

21. I think maybe our karma is catching up with us. The US was founded on a base of

slavery and the annihilation of Native Americans.

[Hortensis]

22. Neither karma nor evil spells. It's stupidity and irresponsibility.

We were all given the education we needed to continue learning as adults and be reasonably good citizens within our individual abilities. There's no excuse for trying to put individual responsibility on national "karma" or satanic demons when the problem is bad citizenship.

Our generations inherited a fine nation with many blessings and an upward trajectory toward still greater wellbeing for all, and we allowed it to be brought to this.

Everyone needs to vote. It is our civil duty to ourselves, our own, our nation, and our humanity.

How many times can anyone refuse to take a ridiculously safe, quick and easy stand against evil and not become part of that evil themselves?

[jalan48]

27. Seems like we citizens have been bad from the get go. Let me know when we get enough politicians

to vote for a reduction in our obscene War Dept budget. I don't share your belief in an upward trajectory, I think we're more in a failing Empire mode.

That being said, we do need to vote and encourage others to do so as well.

[Hortensis]

36. Ignorance is no excuse. Imo, what you've been exposing

yourself to is greatly distorting your outlook.

You live in a world where the wellbeing of billions has greatly increased, where the average lifespan is 76, not 40, and infant and child death rates have plummeted, where the rates of many diseases and the misery they cause have plummeted. Btw, did you know the literacy rate in Palestine is 98.4%? All's not well there, of course, but how's that little datum for a delusion buster? All changes lead inevitably to new problems, while many old ones are still unsolved and even growing, but advances in wellbeing are still advances.

All is not dark, corrupt, and obscene, but as long as you see the world through that sick lens you can't possibly recognize what you personally need to protect, or admit to a duty.

And, boy, does that include the nation you inherited. You and almost everyone you've ever known have lived safe and comfortably your entire lives, the envy of hundreds of millions elsewhere, but instead of looking around you're ready to commit everyone and everything to destruction.

Way past time to get in touch with reality. Being a negative burden that must willy-nilly be dragged along by the kind of wiser and stronger people who've always advanced mankind is not exactly a position of dignity and worth.

Maybe check this out for a start: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Stephen Pinker. It's a favorite of President Obama's.

https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0241337011/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

[BamaRefugee]

23. I think the same thing. Nations have karma, just check the "arc of history"!

[former9thward]

40. All major countries/empires were founded on forms of slavery and elimination of natives.

Which were not?

[struggle4progress]

26. You may tell that tale to the ghosts at Sand Creek or to the little girls

who died in 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

But I say there is no such thing as fate: there is only our own willingness to work with our hands for a better world -- or our unwillingness to do that work

[NRaleighLiberal]

28. ...yes, but so many have died waiting for "fate"

Right now, as we await karma to catch up with trump, he is making things difficult - and in some cases already - and more to come, likely - fatal for some. NO ONE deserves to lose their lives over such a complete piece of shit human being and their misguided actions.

[vlyons]

30. The truth of karma

As a Buddhist, I believe in the truth of karma. Many Westerners don't really understand karma. "Karma" is a word that simply means action. All actions have consequences. Good decisions have good consequences; bad decisions have bad consequences. Karma is like gravity, in that it never stops working. If you don't keep your feet under you, you will fall.

And Donald Trump is not immune from the consequences of his bad decisions. There is no guarantee on how longf it takes for karma to unfold and bear its fruit. But unfold it will.

[Mosby]

33. who is the immigrant who helped washington?

[Liberal Insights]

34. My guess is

If he means le Marquis de Lafayette, he wasn't an immigrant, but a visitor or guest who came to volunteer his professional expertise for a while, and then went back home to France.

[Mosby]

35. I think he meant baron von stueben

Just read about him, quite a character and played a big role in developing the army for Washington.

[joe_stampingbull]

39. and von Steuben was gay

Washington didn't seem to have any problem with that.

[enid602]

37. Tough times

But only a long, tortured ‘repeal & replace’ process can end the tax cuts for the wealthy. In the meantime we can’t fund Medicare, SS or Medicare. God help us all.