Gail ...
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Keeping it as Simple as Possible Throughout the Holiday Season: My top Five Christmas Wish List!
FIVE:
For Christmas I would like a return of the past recognition of media as the 4th branch of government where, as interpreted by me, it's specific mention/protection in the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution codifies a segment of media outlet business plans as one more check and balance on government for The People.
FOUR:
For Christmas I would like the return of the Fairness Doctrine which, also as interpreted by me,
declares media a public communications service and. keeping in the spirit of it's
4th branch of government status, subjects it to an
obligation to cover issues of importance to The People, providing
equal time for the opposition.
THREE:
For Christmas I would like
to wake up on Christmas morning and turn on my laptop and discover an
upward trend in the level of education of the American People in, but
not limited to, areas of academics, technical skills and civics
literacy.
TWO:
For Christmas I would like
to see an awakening in the American People, building on an upward
trend in the education of the American People, to the idea that we
are a global society and any American President must perform his or her job on behalf of the success of the of our nation through that lens.
ONE:
For Christmas I would
like to see an acknowledgement that Black Lives do Matter and I would
like to see action taken by anyone in the vicinity of the White House who witnesses racists waving
their confederate flags and screaming their hateful slurs outside of
the home of the 1st Black Family in America, i.e. say
something.
And ~ that's it!
Have a wonderful Holiday
Season!
PS: Should it be a time of year anyone struggles with that "wonderful Holiday Season!" mantra, I am sending some positive energy. If you need it, it is yours...
Gail
Positive Energy
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
The Grievance: 21st Century Foreign Policy Calls for an Expertise that Only Hillary Clinton can Bring to the Table
Frankly Speaking: I am of the mind that Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate for President of the United States of America ~ the right woman at the right time.
As noted, foreign policy is much more complicated than national security threats from terrorists but since the GOP is using fear of terrorists at the moment to win the White House in November (think two George W. Bush elections here!), it is really clear the electorate needs to do its homework and choose the next President wisely or, make no mistake about it, U.S. foreign policy will be determined by the GOP vulture capitalists based on the GOP Bible of choice, i.e. the American Taliban.
Hillary has recently given three relevant speeches and I will provide links to them below for anyone who chooses to either get started informing one's self per the source and/or to add to one's current knowledge base of the source's pragmatic approach to national security.
We live in a global world and we are not going to be able to put that genie back into the bottle!
President Obama knew that and under his leadership his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his current Secretary of State John Kerry had/have been shifting U.S. foreign policy from right is might thinking 1st to letting diplomacy work thinking 1st because the fact is we don't own other nation and attempts to bully and to bend them to our will is misguided ~ at the very least.
We live in a global world and we are not going to be able to put that genie back into the bottle!
President Obama knew that and under his leadership his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his current Secretary of State John Kerry had/have been shifting U.S. foreign policy from right is might thinking 1st to letting diplomacy work thinking 1st because the fact is we don't own other nation and attempts to bully and to bend them to our will is misguided ~ at the very least.
A strong defense does not have to translate into the U.S. going it alone and/or the U.S. fighting others' fights for them at the cost of our blood and treasure.
War is so easy for the "directors" of war but it is reprehensible to move military personnel in and out of combat in a game of "king of the hill" with no respect for their lives.
Hillary will honor President Obama's vision for peace and prosperity via the building of strong economies with like-minded nations (think moving away from those who choose permanent states of destruction and pivoting to those who choose permanent states of building) and she will continue and adapt as needed in her judgement the progress being made as we speak in positioning the U.S. for success in the 21st Century.
Listen to her as she primarily addresses the very real threat of terrorism in the three speeches and begin the process of choosing the next President wisely:
December 15, 2015
Posted on December 6, 2015:
Published on Nov 19, 2015
If you have any time over the holidays, check more of Hillary speeches here:
Later...
G., aka Partisan Democrat
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
A Few Favorite Shareables to Share Throughout GOP Debate Day, Tuesday, December 15th !
If Democrats vote ~ we win; If they don't we get ^^^
You can share that on Twitter here
FYI: This
is a working Blog! because, it seems to me if GOP Debates get
millions of pairs of eyes on GOP Debate nights, Democrats need to be flooding the market with a nice mix of pro-democrat and
anti-GOP posts any time between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. EST Tuesday!
The CNN GOP Debate is scheduled for Tuesday, December 15. The debate will be split into two debates: First at 6:00 p.m. ET; Second debate at 8:30 p.m. ET.
For
your own information, my personal habit is to schedule Tweets to post
throughout the day ~ leaving me free to watch the debate and to
Retweet the like-minded. I use Hootsuite to do that. (see below for
relevant Hootsuite links.)
Here's
a snippet of what my Tuesday, pre-scheduled Tweets look like... ready to pop every 5 minutes throughout GOP Debate Day:
( * Today
I am providing direct Twitter links to share with your friends,
preferably on GOP Debate Day!. To share on other platforms, etc.
you’ll have to do the annoying thing and download and save and
adapt and re-post... )
Take
the Best; Leave the Rest. But push the truth about the GOP war on us!
^^^ Under the current circumstances, I am of the mind that this one should be shared on various social media platforms at least as long as Trump is a factor.
You can share that on Twitter here
Meme courtesy of Hillary Clinton on Facebook
^^^ "Jefferson and Other
Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights"
You can share that on Twitter here
Courtesy of the Washington Post
^^^ GOP Climate Change Deniers who govern by Bible won't agree but:
"This is a victory for all the planet and the
future generations" Per Secretary of State John Kerry (Paris Climate Accord):
You can share this Tweet here
Courtesy of Secretary of State John Kerry
You can share that on Twitter here
Adapted by me/Courtesy of Timothy Clark
^^^ Speaking of real world
leaders ~ President Obama on Hillary!
Courtesy of Florida4Hillary
^^^ Truth Matters and someone
has to speak it ... TY Senator Reid!
You can share that on Twitter here
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats on Facebook
^^^ A question suggestion for the upcoming GOP Debate: Will you reinstate draft? Will you boot up for war with Daesh? Will you lead "crusade" personally?
^^^ A question suggestion for the upcoming GOP Debate: Will you reinstate draft? Will you boot up for war with Daesh? Will you lead "crusade" personally?
You can share that on Twitter here
Now, as promised, the Hootsuite links:
Hootsuite site
Mashable how to
(P.S. You should feel free to Retweet me @ www.Twitter.com/GKMTNtwits !)
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^^^ #ImWithHer because she grasps &
supports a pluralistic society. She knows "It Takes A Village" and not a revolution to keep the United States moving forward!
You can share that on Twitter here
^^^ This one is pure self-indulgence ~ my ask that you share it and help give Hillary a
Holiday Gift by moving her Facebook Likes past the 2 million mark! TY
Hootsuite site
Mashable how to
(P.S. You should feel free to Retweet me @ www.Twitter.com/GKMTNtwits !)
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The Grievance: Trump Appears to be Unabashedly Escalating a GOP Fascist Agenda
As noted, I have this quirky habit
of stepping off of the path I'm on and taking a break when the going
gets tough. I've discovered it makes me more productive to actually leave my environment and
take a minute to breathe after which, most times, I return with a
fresh perspective (or, at the very least, renewed energy).
Today was one of those
days. People, The Donald has nearly pushed me off of the ledge with the
expansion of what appears to be a GOP fascist agenda. As President, BEFORE deporting millions of undocumented residents in America, he will refuse to allow an incalculable number of Muslims to step on American soil -- despite status.
Fascist, as defined in the Urban Dictionary here (pick your specific poison).
So off my path this
morning I went. I am sharing my fresh perspective and/or renewed energy strategy with you because if you are like me (I am an activist working for a #HillaryClinton2016 win) and if you have not stopped to breathe recently take 30 minutes to:
One ~
Listen to some of your favorite inspirational music! Mine today was: Stairway to Heaven *
Hallelujah * Somewhere Over the Rainbow
You can listen here :
Ann and Nancy Wilson's version of "Stairway to Heaven?
Bon Jovi's version of "Hallelujah"
Pink's version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Two ~
Tweet one of your favorite, relevant, Hillary Clinton memes. Mine today was:
You can share it here :
Obviously, I don't get the benefit of a fresh perspective every time but do get the benefit of renewed energy every time! And back to work I go.
Later...
G., aka Partisan Democrat
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Sunday, December 6, 2015
Warning! Rome is Burning & American Knee-Jerk Reaction is Hate/Govern by Bible/Build an Arsenal
Let me be brief.
As a prelude to President
Obama's address to the nation tonight,
I am thinking:
Warning! Warning! Warning!
Rome is burning while too many Americans are having a typical knee-jerk reaction to hate, to govern by Bible, to build an arsenal and to isolate,
preferably, but not always, in white, American Taliban groupings. ( Knee-jerk defined here )
And, lack of education will be our downfall...
Watching this parochial reaction
spread like wildfire among the willfully uninformed and the willfully
ill-informed, fueled by a willfully ignorant media is highly
disturbing and my brain reflexively seeks clarity, not randomly, but
drawing from American History, study, observation and outcomes.
To date, I've concluded:
ONE:
We live in a global world.
TWO:
The President understands
that and, despite the GOP preference for nullifying him and those of
us who voted for him, his work toward peace and prosperity by
bringing like-minded nations to the global table based on The Common
Good underlies his vision for American success but those of us who do
not do our homework do not know that.
THREE:
The Obama Doctrine, as
conceived by himself, has been and is being implemented by
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of
State John Kerry and all of the public servants who support their
effort in shifting U.S. Foreign Policy from one of might is right
thinking to one of let diplomacy work thinking but those of us who do
not do our homework do not know that.
FOUR:
We live in a
representative democracy but we act as if we live in a direct
democracy and that clash gridlocks the United States government (us)
just a much, perhaps more so, than said strategic GOP nullification. Systems are only as good as those who are running
them and those of us who of us have abdicated our responsibility by
not voting are accountable for what we have wrought, a country nearly
completely run by the GOP.
FIVE:
Finally, we have no excuse for not
being informed citizens. Aside from seeking trusted interpreters of
facts without ulterior motives (who still have to be fact-checked, BTW), I encourage going to the
source which is as simple, in the case of U.S. Foreign Policy, of
accessing the White House and the State House websites and beginning
to read.
Tonight, President Obama
will address the nation in the context of terrorism.
Personally, throughout the
week, I've watch a gaggle of media-types divining and pontificating
on the topic. But, I don't think I've seen one, single person in the
President's loop invited to join the conversation ~ exactly the
people who should be hosted 24/7 to discuss a national threat. Aren't
they?
So, let me leave you with
one video to get you started on doing your homework and/or adding to
your homework before President Obama speaks to us tonight so we might all become more informed. It is
Secretary of State John Kerry, a direct source, who spoke at the
“Saban Forum 2015: Israel and the United States: Yesterday, today,
and tomorrow” …
It is my hope that it will
put into context the complexities of Foreign Policy in the 21st
Century and remind all of us why we elected President Obama in the first place ~ it is his lead we need to follow not the lead of the uninformed and/or the ulterior motivated.
Secretary of State John Kerry: Keynotes @ Saban Forum 2015.
TY for your attention to
this matter.
( FYI: You should be able to access
Hillary Clinton's keynote speech at the same event today here )
( And you can watch the President's address live here )
( And you can watch the President's address live here )
( * First of the Month Favorite Hillary Clinton Posts ~ Shareable and Sometimes Actionable Depending... will return January 3, 2016.)
G., aka Partisan
Democrat
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The Grievance: #WomenUnderFire ~ An Action You Can Take NOW: #StandWithPP and Hit the Link for Them!
The grievance:
#WomenUnderFire
An action you can take
NOW:
#StandWithPP and hit the link for them!
From my Inbox:
Per
Cecile Richards, President
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
And health care for millions of people
nationwide is at risk.
Dear XXXX,
It took him no time at all. Less than a week after the tragic attack on a Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fast-tracking a bill that would stop patients from accessing care at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide and roll back Obamacare.
McConnell is hell-bent on cutting Planned Parenthood patients off from the doctors they trust, so he's trying to force this bill through NOW. He's even using procedural tricks that sidestep the filibuster — which means we need every senator to vote on the side of women's health.
Tell Congress: People need health care, not hate. Vote against any bill that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood health centers and rolls back Obamacare.
This bill is a disaster in the making. Blocking the ability of patients to access Planned Parenthood health centers means cutting off countless people from affordable birth control, cancer screenings, STD tests, and other lifesaving health care.
And eliminating key components of Obamacare? That means millions of families will no longer be able to access affordable health insurance. Just like that.
Rather than focusing on keeping our government operating, the majority of the Senate is still focused on this extreme and destructive agenda that hurts women, men and young people alike. The American people deserve better. We deserve lawmakers who can do more than lob attack after attack after attack on Planned Parenthood and health care for millions.
The vote is tomorrow. Click here to speak out now.
It took him no time at all. Less than a week after the tragic attack on a Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fast-tracking a bill that would stop patients from accessing care at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide and roll back Obamacare.
McConnell is hell-bent on cutting Planned Parenthood patients off from the doctors they trust, so he's trying to force this bill through NOW. He's even using procedural tricks that sidestep the filibuster — which means we need every senator to vote on the side of women's health.
Tell Congress: People need health care, not hate. Vote against any bill that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood health centers and rolls back Obamacare.
This bill is a disaster in the making. Blocking the ability of patients to access Planned Parenthood health centers means cutting off countless people from affordable birth control, cancer screenings, STD tests, and other lifesaving health care.
And eliminating key components of Obamacare? That means millions of families will no longer be able to access affordable health insurance. Just like that.
Rather than focusing on keeping our government operating, the majority of the Senate is still focused on this extreme and destructive agenda that hurts women, men and young people alike. The American people deserve better. We deserve lawmakers who can do more than lob attack after attack after attack on Planned Parenthood and health care for millions.
The vote is tomorrow. Click here to speak out now.
Thanks for sticking
with us and the millions of people who stand on the verge of losing
the vital health care they need.”
You can also share the request to speak out by retweeting my Tweet link here
TY!
G., aka Partisan Democrat
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