Political Matters
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| Jeffries spelled out the differences between Democrats and Republicans with one for every letter of the alphabet |
If more Democratic candidates
had campaigned the way Hakeem Jeffries spoke Saturday morning as Kevin McCarthy
took over the House speakership, perhaps there still might be a Democrat in
that position. But assuredly, there will be in 2024, as the Republicans return
to their MAGA ('Make America Gullible Again') pitch, devoted to the demolition of
government, rather than its successful operation for the benefit of the
country.
If Americans are not yet wise
to Republican bullshit by now, we deserve whatever we get, and it will just
take a little longer for sanity to return to government. The 'clown show' they witnessed on TV last week should help. Meanwhile, it’s time to hunker down and figure out a way to
personally survive until the 2024 elections, by which time the American people,
sick of a government crippled by a House of Representatives that doesn’t give a
damn about their interests, will have realized how stupid it is to elect
Republicans to any office whatsoever, nationally or locally.
With that in mind, don’t fail to read, and digest,
the ideas for ‘messaging’ later on in this posting.
JL
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Ready, Aim, Fire … With Graham Crackers and MiIk I read where a Virginia six-year old brought a handgun to school and wounded his teacher on Friday. It’s just another name to be added to the lengthy list of victims of gun violence, too many dead, made possible by the late Justice Antonin Scalia (and those Justices who voted with him), who wrote the 2008 Supreme Court opinion (DC vs. Heller) eliminating the first thirteen words of the Second Amendment and specifically allowing handguns to be kept around the house, allegedly for protection (and poorly supervised little kids to take to school). Like Lady Macbeth, the blood cannot be washed from these Justices’ hands. Forever. |
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JL
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The Name of the Game – Messaging!
A follower of Jackspotpourri who recently
commented on the differing views of those who want to preserve democracy in the
United States and those whose actions make it clear that they want to diminish
it, went on to say that the real challenge is about how well each side proceeds
with its ‘messaging’ of their positions.
One side makes tremendous use of social media,
conservative talk radio, and TV outlets such as FoxNews, Breitbart, Newsmax,
OAN, and others. The other side,
somewhat constrained by trying to be honest, is not quite so successful in
their ‘messaging.’ That’s why there are
Republican majorities in the House and many State legislatures. ‘Constructive’ messages are not as dramatic
as ‘destructive’ ones. And also, it is
not only a question of the messages’ content, but to whom it is directed, and
hopefully received, as well.
This is where you can come in and be a part
of that messaging effort. You can make
it succeed for the side I hope you are on.
Become a ‘messenger.’
I recently forwarded a posting from Professor
Heather Cox Richardson’s daily ‘Letters from an American,’ to half a dozen
friends asking that each of them do the same and tell those to whom they
were in turn forwarding it to do the same.
In this way, a message can reach many recipients. I hope it did.
Let’s continue that approach. It is really very simple and easy. Here is what I am asking YOU to do.
1. Make sure that you access Professor Richardson’s posting, ‘Letters from an American,’ every day. I do, and recommend that you also do. You can find it at https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ and receive it automatically every day. (It’s free unless you want to join the thousands who can comment on it each day. But you don’t have to do that.) Its content is a daily review of the news aimed at those who support the role of our government as existing for the benefit of the people, in the sense that the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address describes.
2.
At
the close of each of her postings is a box marked ‘Share.’ If you click on that, you can list as many as
ten email addresses to which you would like the posting forwarded. Be sure to add a brief message saying
something like ‘If you agree, please forward this to ten friends and relatives,
by clicking on the ‘Share’ box provided.’
3.
Insert
their email addresses and then click the ‘send’ symbol.
4.
Summing
up, I am asking you to read Professor Richardson’s posting every day and make
it a routine to forward it to others via its ‘Share’ box at least three or
four times a week, urging them to similarly forward it. Send it to people you don’t usually send
email to. And if they forward it on to
others, as you must ask them to do, our message can reach out exponentially to
many. Professor Richardson’s postings are an excellent vehicle to accomplish
this. It is how we can individually help
win the battle of messaging. You can
make it happen.
CLICK HERE to get to ‘Letters from an American.’ Or just copy it on your browser line: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
JL
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Georgia 65, TCU 7
The highlight of the college football playoff was
the attractive Mollie McGrath, whose presence doing sideline interviews, may
have kept some viewers from shutting off their TVs after the first quarter of
Georgia’s pummeling of Texas Christian, a team that was overly ‘Christian’ in
turning the other cheek, begging for more punishment, after repeated Georgia
touchdowns.
JL
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I occasionally follow ‘The Free Press’ blog,
managed by former New York Times editorial board member (she quit) Bari
Weiss. I frequently disagree with her
and the contributors whose words the blog publishes. Nevertheless, she tries to
be objective and honest, even when it hurts.
The other day, a piece appeared on that blog
dealing with ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.’ Basically, it addressed the practices of
colleges and universities using criteria other than those based on academic excellence
and achievement in forming its policies, including admissions and faculty
hiring. The Supreme Court will be
considering some of these issues later this year.
CLICK HERE to read the article (or paste
‘https://www.thefp.com/p/how-dei-is-supplanting-truth-as-the’ on your browser
line.
Let me know if it shakes your liberal tendencies
and turns you in a rightward direction (liberals who do that are called
‘NeoCons.’)
JL
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Three Items of Interest:
·
Email Alerts: If you are NOT receiving emails from me alerting
you each time there is a new posting on Jackspotpourri, just send me your email
address and we’ll see that you do. And if you are forwarding a posting to
someone, you might suggest that they do the same, so they will be similarly
alerted.
You
can pass those email addresses to me by email at jacklippman18@gmail.com .
·
Paintings: Recently
added to the blog is a feature showing one of my paintings. (Besides writing, I also paint with acrylics
for recreation.) Right now, it features
one of my recent paintings, but it will be periodically revised to show earlier
ones as well. You can find it off to the
right on your desktop or tablet.
· Forwarding
Postings: And of course, please forward this
posting to anyone you think might benefit from reading it. The place to send them is: https://jackspotpourri.blogspot.com
Google Blogspot, the platform on which Jackspotpourri is prepared, has revised its forwarding
abilities. If you click on the envelope with the arrow at the conclusion
of every posting (it looks like this:
), you will have the opportunity to list a whole bunch of email addresses, along with a comment from you, each of which
will receive a link to the full blog that you now are reading, with all of its
bells and whistles. This is a great advance from the very basic format Google
Blogspot originally provided when they forwarded something for you. It might take a few minutes longer for
your message to be transmitted but this method of forwarding offers the
advantage of being able to forward jackspotpourri to many (I think ten is the
maximum) addresses simultaneously. Try it.
Either way will work, sending them the link above or clicking on the envelope at the bottom of this posting.
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