Esoteric Meandering Shouting Into the Void

Dwain Northey (Gen X)

There are 2 commonly used words that are frequently used that those that use them do not seem to understand the difference… well they use one, but they really should be using the other. The 2 works are (TO) and (FOR)… Ok I just heard a WFT is he on about now from everyone that has taken the time to open my page.

Everyday I hear that the Republicans and their current messiah have do so much for this country… they have done more (FOR) civil right, women’s rights, the economy, the working class, and any number of things they want to claim dominion over. What they actually should be saying is they have done more (TO) all of the things I took the time to list and if they used the proper verbiage, they would be absolutely correct.

So, let’s define the 2 words.

Use ‘TO’ when the reason or purpose is a verb. Use ‘FOR’ when the reason or purpose is a noun. 

To is a preposition and a versatile little word that can be used to say many things. You can use it to indicate a goal or a direction of movement, as well as a place of arrival. That’s the way you use it when you say you’re going to class tomorrow.

TO:    a—used as a function word to indicate purpose, intention, tendency, result, or end

came to our aid; drink to his health

          b—used as a function word to indicate the result of an action or a process

broken all to pieces; go to seed; to their surprise, the train left on time

FOR: a—used as a function word to indicate purpose

a grant for studying medicine

         b—used as a function word to indicate an intended goal

left for home acted for the best

         c—used as a function word to indicate the object or recipient of a perception, desire, or activity

Now that I have define the terms next time a Trumpubican tells you all the grand things that their dear leader did for the country you can tell them, ‘He honestly did them (TO) the country against our will not (FOR) us.’ His attempted insurrection was not (FOR) anyone but himself it was (TO) take away the rights and will of the people. When the Republicans ban abortion it is not (FOR) the protection of the ‘unborn’, it is (TO) take rights away for anyone that can get pregnant from having dominion over their bodies, banning books isn’t (FOR) protecting children it is (TO) stop those children from gaining information that they disagree with.

So everyone go out and lets all start reconciling the terms… Democrats are (FOR) change and progress, Republicans what (TO) take us back to the era of the robber barons.

Thanks again for putting up with my rant.

Dwain Northey (Gen X)

Saw a bumper sticker this morning and it is one have seen many times but I am not sure if the person sporting it on their vehicle actually knows what their STICKER means.

The sticker (I HATE SOLICIALISM)

Here is a simple definition:

Socialism is a populist economic and political system based on collective, common, or public ownership of the means of production. Those means of production include the machinery, tools, and factories used to produce goods that aim to directly satisfy human needs.

Many see socialism and think communism and I can verify that because that is what a cashier at the grocery store said to me earlier today.

The main difference is that under communism, most property and economic resources are owned and controlled by the state (rather than individual citizens); under socialism, all citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by a democratically-elected government.

We do not have either of these systems in the United States and no one not every Bernie Sanders is calling for a Socialist state. We do have social programs and our Constitution is in fact a social contract. If you read it the first three words are “We the People”. Hence, we are all in this together. Over the first nearly 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed, we haven’t always lived up to the WE part, as a collective there has always been an us and them but that’s not where I am going with this.

Our government has historically tired to unite, Lincoln with the Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt did his best to bring the dream of prosperity to the masses and even the playing field form the robber barrens of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, FDR brought the nation out of the depression and created a social safety net so seniors didn’t live in squaller in their golden years. These were all huge investments paid for by all to provide for all, although the ones that need it most also pay the lions share.

Social Security and Medicare are deduction that come out of every working persons pay and are in turn distributed to recipients who also paid into the system. It is not a discretionary line item in the budget or an entitlement, it is a paid benefit.

Let’s put this into a scenario everyone can understand. Let’s say you worked for the same company your entire working life . For your years of service  you had a contract with said company that they took a small part of your check every pay period that when you retire would provide for you for the rest of your life. That would be a pretty good deal, right? Well, that is what Social Security is. Now let’s imagine that said company decides that they want to dissolve that contract but they still want to hold onto your money but they will invest it in the market so that their friends can make more money (hopefully) and they “promise” that you will still get your money back (Hopefully).

Sound like a great plan a guarantee to hopefully. That is the plan this current republican party is selling.

They brought a measure to the floor denouncing Socialism… what do they historically define a Socialism.

• Social Security
• Medicare
• Public School
• The Post Office
• National Parks

I could continue the list, but you see my point.

In their system the rich get to exploit and get richer, and the rest are left with HOPEFULLY.

Thanks for suffering through my repost…

Dwain Northey (Gen X)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/feds-alert-judge-to-trumps-if-you-go-after-me-im-coming-after-you-post-00109944

At drippy Donald arraignment last week, he has specifically ordered not to try to intimidate any person that may be involved with this case. Donald appeared to agree with these conditions but no sooner than him leaving the courthouse he started posting on with 3^rd rate social platform threatening Jack Smith and his former VP Mike Pence.

While I realize that his platform ‘Truth Social’ (still makes me laugh because there is not truth spouted in it) is not mainstream but his rabid lemmings do read it, and sadly these mental morons like to carry out what their messiah wants.

This again goes to our 2-tiered justice system… if anyone other than a rich white guy was perceived as a threat they would have been remanded to custody until their trial. If they were to be let go on their own recognizance and immediately violated the Judge’s order they would be locked up. That would be the case for anyone else, but we continue to let this wanna-be tyrant remain free and able to try and raise his militant supporters to fight his battles.

He should be locked up; he is a clear and present danger to any person that he feels is against him. I know he does not have a willingness or constitution to carry out any of his threats but like any mob boss he does not have to get his hand dirty, his followers will do his bidding. He needs to be put into a solitary cell with zero access to any media source and that location needs to be secret, a place where no one knows where he is until the trial starts. I don’t care one lick that he is running for office again… realistically he should be banned from ever hold public office again under the 14^th amendment.

If this malignant narcissist is able to regain the Presidency our democratic experiment is over because he will declare himself supreme leader and order the military to put down anyone that opposes him. There will be nothing but state-run media just like Russia and China.

I don’t think that we have gone too far down the rabbit hole to turn back yet although we all need to be vigilant in order to keep this experiment going.

Thanks for reading my meltdown.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

   We have not had many of our citizens that felt they needed or wanted to sell our country or its secrets. The ones that have been discovered doing such things have met different fates at different times in history. Currently we tend to lock them up and forget they are there, at least as far as the news is concerned. What to do with the current chop of traitors especially since the one most notable for his treason was once the President, what a sad day that was when he got elected. 

   Now we are entering another election cycle and the people that wish to run for office, especially President, are rather a scary bunch. We have the traitor running again, and then an idiot that considers that his position on everything is the path to be followed and that can only lead to one dark dirty place, up his ass. We also have the individuals that instead of telling us the positive side of their reason to run are telling us the negative side of the opposition if they have it right, which in most cases they do not.

   The focus seems to be that if we tell everyone including ourselves lies long enough then we have a chance that everyone will believe and we will get our way. So tell everyone how bringing Republicans into office is going to help. The course seems to be set for ultraconservative values, no abortion, no assisted death, no time off for maternity leave, no assistance with day care, no school lunches, encourage your neighbor to spy on you and report your activities to authority for a reward of course. Have we covered most of the positives of Republican politics?

   Woke fear is supposed to be the damning danger from Democrats, who are attempting to fix roads, bridges, and the like. The ones that help with homelessness, school lunches and women’s health issues, just to name a couple. They are not banning and burning books, telling you what your children should or shouldn’t read, or encouraging your neighbor to spy on you. Where would you rather live, in a country that allows for individualism or one that basically builds a prison around each individual and tries to keep you there for as long as possible?

   The new indictment is on the books and it is only going after the guy at the top of the trash heap. With the track record of never being held responsible for anything this one has to be a very unpleasant situation. How will he attempt to talk his way out? Blaming his legal counsel as usual will be one of the games. Plead ignorance of the law, claim the tooth fairy or the bad hair guy told him to do it? 

   The need to make Trump accountable for his efforts to remain in office even though he clearly lost the election gets to be more necessary as days pass. His staff on Jan 6, 2020 were willing to go to violence in the streets to keep him in office and it seems that there are still people today that have that mind set. It would be a real blow to our democracy if it became necessary to meet these individuals with open hostilities but if we must we must. Trump is not loyal to anyone or anything except self. If people die to get him back in office then I am sure that may keep him awake for 10 or 20 seconds.

   Some of the news programs are anything but informative about this entire proceeding. If he is going to be arrested then let it happen and hold him for 48 to 96 hours without allowing for bond or interview. His former position should not protect him from being subjected to the laws that affect everyone else. It is a hell of a thing to say but if the man that had done what he has done and keeps doing, the threats, the lies, the challenges to the legal system, was not white it would not fly.

   Justice is supposed to be blind but fair, unfortunately justice is administered by quite a few people that are just plain stupid. They are in the legal profession to enrich themselves and the cost to others has nothing to do with how they handle a case, who they represent or the outcome of the preceding as long as they get paid. 

   The selection of judges by the president may be totally accepted in our system but somehow you have to wonder how they get picked, how are they known and who endorsed them to receive an appointment. The last lot of picks for the Supreme Court certainly prove that the screening process needs work.

   More calls by Trump to create a threat to any and all that oppose him in any way. Telling a prosecutor in Georgia that they will not see Christmas if they continue to push their case. Giving out addresses of people that he feels are adversaries with the expected result of someone going to that address and harming someone. Mr. Trump needs to be put in a box that has no way to communicate and held until he goes on trial. That trial should also be mobile as conducted on a ship or moved from one location to another every night. All of this drama would not be taking place if he just was man enough to admit he lost an election and let it go.

   The nation has been bombarded with this absolute nonsense beginning in 2015 and it still goes on. The amount of money people have put in the pot to either assist or resist this idiot is staggering. How many people living on the street are there because they put what they had on a losing horse.?