"Nice People"
by Redd Phlagg
The Koch Brothers--don't get me started on these demon-spawned siblings that exude noxious evil! Just about anything that is going wrong in our country and around the world can be traced back to them. The Kochs are the most egregious example of how capitalism eats itself alive--along with the rest of the planet--and somehow can't stop its self-destructive behavior no matter how hard you try to convince its sadistic purveyors to stop.
In a country run by a small circle of pedophilic billionaires, there is literally not a single moral justification for not engaging in class war. -- Quinn Albright
They
call them "nice people" because they're apparently decent, hard-working,
law-abiding types. How could anyone who looks as sharp as these folks and acts
as charming as they do on occasion be all that bad? You'll realize how that
line of logic is nothing but a stinking pile of horse manure after reading the
following:
This
poor boy worked hard to develop a social movement to rebuild his war-torn
country, eventually becoming its beloved leader by being elected in a landslide. It was reported that he loved his dog and acted kindly to his secretaries and his fiancée.
He was a devout vegetarian and enjoyed entertaining all types of guests at his
dinner parties.
Sounds
like a great guy, huh? His name? Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, a.k.a. the
Third Reich. You might have heard of him. He's credited with at least 6 million plus deaths.
Please
don't tell me now that all "nice people" are worthy of praise and
adoration. You know they're not. Their slick outward appearances can hide a
rotten core. Money, authority, good-looks, and plentiful media attention does not an
admirable human being make. So why does our culture put these a**holes on a
pedestal more often than not? What makes the following morally bankrupt capitalists any better than the rest of us?
Martin
Shkreli-- the ever-smirking "pharma bro," wannabe mass murderer and
investment fraudster. He instituted a 5,000%
price increase of Daraprim, a previously cheap drug used to treat HIV,
condemning those who couldn't pay it to death.
The Koch Brothers--don't get me started on these demon-spawned siblings that exude noxious evil! Just about anything that is going wrong in our country and around the world can be traced back to them. The Kochs are the most egregious example of how capitalism eats itself alive--along with the rest of the planet--and somehow can't stop its self-destructive behavior no matter how hard you try to convince its sadistic purveyors to stop.
Jeff
Bezos--the world's richest individual who won't even allow his lowly warehouse
workers to take a leak on company time. Why? Because he doesn't think being
valued a measly $168 billion is enough. And this lovely excuse for a human being is helping ICE build facial recognition software to deport even more asylum-seekers (see second blurb below). What a freakin' "nice" person Jeff is! Employers like Amazon are true enemies of the workers (see third blurb below).
Jeffrey
Epstein--billionaire pedophile owner of the "Lolita Express" private
jet, currently charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking once again. He's
planning on getting another light sentence this time similar to his first conviction where he spent most
of his "jail time" actually working in his office. (He's probably got pictures of all
the judges on his private island of sexual escapades, so they know
they can't throw the book at him without their dirty little secrets being
exposed.) But We the People are fighting back and exposing those who enable this serial rapist (see first blurb below).
Donald
Trump--pseudo-president, serial philanderer, failed real estate tycoon, boring TV
star, and resident p*ssy-grabber, and, along with former President Bill Clinton,
a guest on Epstein's Lolita Express. This MAGA-hat-wearing, all-around xenophobic,
racist, lying sack of sh*t is in the running for worst human being ever. He
can't even claim to be a vegetarian dog lover like his
concentration-camp-building idol Adolf Hitler!
Face
it--the planet would be a lot better off without these criminals.
The
common thread that links these names together is greed. They worship money and
the power that it gives them over life itself. Filthy lucre is their idol. They'll do anything
to anyone to get it and keep it and lord it over others. Damn you if you ever
get in their way!
We've
got to stop being so squeamish and face facts: It's us or it's them. I vote us.
We should be the survivors in the climate catastrophe that's already on our
doorsteps, not these pedophilic billionaires. We need to take out this elitist class
of holier-than-thou-acting-while-we're-screwing-your-underage-daughter-and-robbing-you-blind types. Tomorrow isn't soon enough. We need to take action today.
It's
time to eliminate the not-so-nice one-percenters and use their hoarded wealth
to create a society where all people have access to health care when they need it along with
food and clean water and shelter and equal justice under the law no matter how
poor or what color they are. We are the majority. We don't need these rotten
apples spoiling the rest of us in the barrel.
In
other words: "Nice people do
boycott immoral businesses…and protest loudly and frequently against illegal activities such as
running concentration camps…and build guillotines if and when they have
to."
History doesn't need repeating if it's a repeat of Hitler's Germany, does it?
History doesn't need repeating if it's a repeat of Hitler's Germany, does it?
Sex Trafficking Scandal Rocks Government (video)
https://youtu.be/zvt7tlVBYVQ
The Fear Like The Cruelty Is The Point
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/57621-the-fear-like-the-cruelty-is-the-point
Christianity Should Not Be Cruel
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rhetoricraceandreligion/2019/07/christianity-should-not-be-cruel.html
Private Prison Stocks Soar Under Trump Administration
https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/investing/private-prison-stocks-soar-trump/index.html
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From UltraViolet:
Last Friday, amid growing pressure from the public and UltraViolet members like you, Trump's Secretary of Labor and enabler of child sex-trafficking, Alexander Acosta, announced his resignation.1
This is a HUGE win for survivors of sexual assault everywhere, but, in particular, for the more than 80 young girls--some as young as 14--who were sexually abused by wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. As U.S. attorney in Miami in 2008, Acosta showed a total disregard for these underage survivors by offering Epstein a plea deal with a mere 13-month sentence, even allowing Epstein to leave the prison six days a week, and ending an FBI probe that would have potentially found more powerful people involved in Epstein's trafficking ring.
With new charges against Epstein coming from federal prosecutors this week, and now with Acosta's resignation, survivors of Epstein's heinous sex crimes may finally see justice. This is in large part because of the tens of thousands of UltraViolet members who signed petitions, called their representatives, and donated. The pressure culminated with a light projection action calling for Acosta's resignation that UltraViolet organized with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), CREDO Action, and MoveOn. The message projected onto the Department of Labor building generated a ton of press in numerous outlets, including ABC News and influential Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill.2,3
Acosta's resignation is great news, and it demonstrates that when we come together as a movement, we can take down sexual predators and their enablers, no matter how powerful. But this should only be the beginning. We need to hold all powerful people who engage in or enable sexual abuse accountable, including, most notably, the admitted serial sexual assaulter at the very top: President Trump.
Sign the petition to Congress demanding an immediate investigation into Trump's history of rape and sexual assault.
And--
Check out all of the amazing work that UltraViolet members like you did to secure this huge win.
As always, thank you so much for taking action.
--Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Holly, Kathy, Susan, Anathea, Emma, Natalie, Melody, Lindsay, Pam, Ryan, Sonja, and Kimberly, the UltraViolet team
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Sources:
1. Trump Labor Secretary Acosta resigning after criticism over Epstein plea deal in sex case, NBC News, July 12, 2019
2. Protesters call for Alex Acosta's resignation, ABC News, July 11, 2019
3. 'Acosta Enables Sex Trafficking' projected onto the Labor Department building, The Hill, July 10, 2019
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Today, on Amazon Prime Day, Amazon warehouse employees in Minnesota are striking for better treatment and working conditions. Here at the AFL-CIO, we stand in support of all workers who come together to demand more for themselves and their families, and that includes the Amazon warehouse workers on strike today. This Prime Day strike underscores why we need to strengthen protections for workers and unions across the country. And right now, there’s a bill in Congress that would do just that: the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. So I’m reaching out to ask: Will you tell your representative to support the PRO Act? The PRO Act would provide critical support for unions and workers. Specifically, the bill would make it easier to form a union, help workers secure a first contract and even protect striking workers like those in Minnesota today. Support for unions is at a 15-year high, and yet the right to form a union is under attack—it’s time to bolster workers’ rights by passing the PRO Act. Write your representative and tell him or her to co-sponsor the PRO Act today. In Solidarity, Liz ------- Liz Shuler Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO P.S. Want another way to support Amazon employees today? Add this frame to your profile picture in solidarity. |
Trump is a demagogue, expert in rousing the fears of the ill informed and uneducated, and instilling hatred in their minds. They are blind to the fact he's planning to gut the Medicaid and Medicare funds they're paid into all their lives. they're blind to his plan to dump 32 million Americans off healthcare of any kind. They're blind to his vast tax breaks to billionaires. Thankfully, although these people are noisy they are relatively few in number. It's the apathy of the great majority that has to be overcome. That is the worst enemy of any progress toward a better society.
ReplyDeleteWaking up the 99% and keeping them awake is the biggest challenge we face, agreed. Perhaps the intense heatwave this week will break through the denial of climate change and get the apathetic to start thinking maybe it's time they took action before they cook to death? We can only hope!
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