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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust gotta say here!
I keep reading the DEMS. bring knives to a gun fight BUT man look what we are up against, The RETHUGS are the dirtiest i've EVER seen! They have NO FUCKING RULES to abide by because they OWN EVERYTHING when it comes to hearings. They have us by the ass at this time. I'm not smart enough to know what they (the DEMS.) could different, BUT some of the SMARTER ones here have NOT lost there faith, so I won't either! We knew it would be a tough road and it is! I do wish we had more power BUT This is so unheard of, what's happening now. I REALLY REALLY believe when NY state gets rolling the RETHUGS will get theirs! I say it's EASY TO WIN when EVERYTHING is in your favor. (because they CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT). I hear of INHERENT subpoena and i myself wonder at times why it's not used BUT i leave it up to the DEMS. that know. Would like to hear more about it from some here that know the ins and outs of using it!
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)rolled and it ain't purty. We all lose.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Is a good way to see the way things are in our country. Being able to see them in action is a priceless way to educate the public. And for many reasons. One, its all on video and can be played again and again. Two, seeing is believing. Three, its history in living color, and wait till historians and documentary makers string a lot of different people abusing the hearings. The Republicans are going down in history for what they are.
An example is the history of the Holocaust. I learned about it from my parents, but never heard anything about in school or college. I educated myself by reading books about it and my son first heard about it from me. His generation didnt have a clue thanks to our American education system.
Now, because videos were taken at the time it happened in WWII because the Germans loved to document their atrocities and because the Russians and Americans filmed the concentration camps when they found them, quite a few documentaries have been made. They are easily available to everyone who has Netflix. Dozens of them, even about all aspects of Hitlers Nazis. Im sure there are plenty of history teachers in high schools and college using them. The public almost forgot, but it was all filmed so we can learn everything again. It all needs to be remembered.
Its important to remember Trump too. Long after hes dead and gone.
TheRealNorth
(9,462 posts)My only concern is time is not on our side.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)but they havent won yet. And the effect on the public of the hearings hasnt happened yet.
elocs
(22,540 posts)while Democrats insist on using Marquess of Queensberry rules which causes Republicans to laugh in contempt.
But we can comfort ourselves that we are so noble that we must follow the rules.