Don’t rely on your elected legislators to “save” our USPS, it will be up to.....
We the People......let’s do it. Write letters, protest, agitate ,put pressure on the GOP to bend to our wishes.Let’s ensure that “No Joy”, Midnight Mitch,and the failed tRump react to our loud and constant voices to ensure that our USPS is allowed to run at it’s efficient best.
These soulless miscreants occupying the White House destroy everything they touch. They literally make me want to puke. They are common criminals who without Fred Trump's money would be selling plasma to eat. How this happened to America is beyond my simple mind's ability to understand.
Happy Saturday! Well, here in Houston we are getting ready to face two more hurricanes at the same time, Should be feeling it in full force by Thurs next week! My thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by the wildfires in California. About the RNC, I won’t even bother to watch and listen to the cult. Those people are totally insane, and to hear more lies, and misinformation, e.g. The orange Turd saying he is the chosen one, that has another miracle C19 cure, that He is the savior of America, nah! Not surprised about Melania “Be Best” ruining the garden. About Dejoy, we all know he is going to mess up the ballots. They need to put his ass in jail right after the elections. We need a strong and justice for all AG. About Bannon (the Orc creature that lurks) getting arrested, it is long overdue. These scoundrels they all need to be in jail. I’d love to see Dumb ass Jr. and the Nimrod Kushner in jumpsuits!
Diane here, formerly from Madison WI and now in the beautiful high desert of Arizona. I think the last time I posted was a few months ago, when getting ready to move and explaining why I was leaving a progressive community for a (previously) solid red state. It has to do with the desert landscape and I remember you saying how much you loved the plants and running in the desert. I wish I could take some of the beautiful early morning desert air and bottle it for you.
The move across country was stressful as only a move to a new place where you don't know anyone can be, especially if it's from a larger city to a small town. It took almost 3 weeks to get TV and internet. I literally haven't seen TV in over a month and have been completely off all media. No newspapers, satellite radio, etc. I've been cut off from what's going on in the world and connecting to the stillness of the desert and the changing of light on the rocks, so it absolutely hasn't been all bad. I didn't know about Kamala Harris or the DNC until just a few days ago. This from someone who spent hours glued to MSNBC and Progressive radio. I think the break was good for me and gave me some balance.
Still I've managed to at least keep up a bit by reading your posts, and the responses you get. I always appreciate your openness to whatever perspective and happenings your readers share.
Here in the Verde Valley of northern AZ there are pro-Trump signs everywhere as well as what seems like lots of support for extreme right wingers like Wendy Rogers who is running for senate in District 6, which isn't even our district. Rogers has signs everywhere that say "pro Trump" at the top. Under her name there will be catch phrases designed to stir up the base like "protect our guns" and "ban sanctuary cities". In my neighborhood right around the corner there is a house that is flying a huge "Trump 2020" flag that also says "no more bullshit". Every time my husband and I walk past this house we are slack-jawed: this person really believes DEMOCRATS are responsible for all the bullshit? How does that even work?
Today we went for a drive to several smaller towns in the area that have been struggling for years and have been hit even harder by COVID, due to lack of tourism support for the businesses, restaurants, and few museums, etc. they do have. And yet the Trump signs and Rogers signs are everywhere, banners proclaiming "On the Trump Train!" and "Keep Making America Great!".
On the one hand it seems impossible to comprehend and on the other there's Fox News.
Every once in a while here I will see a non-Trump sign but it's still not pro-Biden. The only one I've seen is "Any Functioning Adult 2020" which I get a kick out of.
In a few days I have to go back to Wisconsin until November because that's where my health care is and I have another round of cancer screening. I'll be staying with friends and don't have a valid address there so I need to find out how to vote without a valid ID. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. In the meantime I'm working on getting a bit more acquainted with Arizona politics, continuing to support progressives where I can, and breathing lots of desert air.
I'm bummed that the Postmaster General can't be fired if Biden wins unless the Board of Governors does it and the Board members are all while male Republicans. Congress needs to change this! (I won't be watching the GOP convention due to the lies and right wing propaganda) and having to hear the Trump children and their wives, girlfriends and husbands.
My postal service in Southern CT is ok for now. Discovered November Election Ballot Applications for 2020 are available now on-line. Printed out the application(which allows COVID 19 exemption to use form) and will hand-deliver to Town Clerk Monday 8/24/2020. CT says ballot should be in hand as of 10/02/2020. I will either use drop box or hand-deliver to Town Clerk the completed ballot. I want things done ASAP as Trump isn’t done with his games! The RNC will be a hate-fest and should be fact-checked in real time! Everyone PLAN YOUR VOTE! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump doesn't need a strong message next week, he doesn't need a plan, most of his base will stick by him because he gives their lives meaning. His base is small but he only needs to depress the Democratic vote. Democratic leadership is not doing nearly enough to broadcast the incredible danger this country faces if Trump is reelected. The very people we need to turn out in massive numbers were not watching the DNC or Biden's fine performance, nor are they following the pundit classes, or the weak and disorganized House oversight hearings. Without coordinated messaging to address the non-stop propaganda and lies blanketing the country by Trump, the GOP, Fox News, right-wing talk radio, I am very concerned that Trump will prevail.
At least Jackie had class, dignity, sophistication, etc.; Melania has trump. What a let down.
Will not be watching rnc, can't stand the sight or even hear his voice, even more since my son got covid19. Seems to be improving, but sure keeps me awake at night
I feel for you, Michelangelo,for professional reasons , you have to watch the “Repugnants National Convention, which I am sure is a most excruciating experience to have to endure. We rely on you to suffer so you can enlighten us, for that sacrifice we thank you.
The rest of us should BOYCOTT...BOYCOTT this sad excuse for a democracy and a failed Presidency.
It is Toni from Buckeye, Arizona (was from Cincinnati). Tell Diane that she can register to vote (early vote by mail in ballot) when she gets a Arizona drivers license. They do it right there when you get your license. If she is receiving medicare, she can switch her coverage because she has moved out of Wisconsin. I had to do the same this past week. My new supplemental coverage starts Sept. 1st. I watched the entire convention and it was amazing. I actually am feeling some hope for our future and kids and grandkids future for the first time in a long while. We had just taken a trip up to Prescott, AZ and I did see a number of Trump signs. OMG what are those people thinking..... I can not wait until the election and for this nightmare to be over. It truly won't be over until January. I can't believe Melania destroyed the rose garden. Why would anyone remove those trees. Everything the Trumps touch dies or is destroyed. I will not be watching the RNC convention. Thank you for doing that for me. Thank you for being a voice for all of us. You are very much appreciated.
Well I will miss the open threads next week during RNC and being able to commiserate with all the compadres here. However I myself would not watch much of it except spouse views it as a laugh fest at the Cult so am sure it will be on. Definitely will listen to your show.
House next door is a vacation rental, full of young people partying this weekend. At least the breeze is blowing the other way. Don’t get it when over 70% of the new cases in California right now are young people. There only seem to be 8 of them but still. Did we feel this invincible? My memory fails.
I am in SoCal and NoCal is on Fire. Very sad. Climate change is in and of itself a reason to vote for Biden/Harris, among all the other reasons.
Dinner is a big salad, homemade sourdough bread, dessert homemade chocolate “war” cake, a cake that was made often during WWII when eggs and other ingredients were hard to come by.
Thanks for all you do Michelangelo, don’t think I would’ve made it through these last few years without people like you and Dean.
Here are the legal documents my WA State AG Bob Ferguson filed in regard to the Post Office.
https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/c418c304-d973-4773-8b58-98ccf17a715d/note/e9844bc0-a11c-4f29-ad90-5936d710e66d.#page=1
Don’t rely on your elected legislators to “save” our USPS, it will be up to.....
We the People......let’s do it. Write letters, protest, agitate ,put pressure on the GOP to bend to our wishes.Let’s ensure that “No Joy”, Midnight Mitch,and the failed tRump react to our loud and constant voices to ensure that our USPS is allowed to run at it’s efficient best.
P.S. not sure if peeps can read this without subscription but this was a GREAT column today in LA Times by the great Steve Lopez
Column: The case for four more years of Donald J. Trump, in his own words
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-22/column-the-case-for-four-more-years-of-donald-j-trump-in-his-own-words
These soulless miscreants occupying the White House destroy everything they touch. They literally make me want to puke. They are common criminals who without Fred Trump's money would be selling plasma to eat. How this happened to America is beyond my simple mind's ability to understand.
Happy Saturday! Well, here in Houston we are getting ready to face two more hurricanes at the same time, Should be feeling it in full force by Thurs next week! My thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by the wildfires in California. About the RNC, I won’t even bother to watch and listen to the cult. Those people are totally insane, and to hear more lies, and misinformation, e.g. The orange Turd saying he is the chosen one, that has another miracle C19 cure, that He is the savior of America, nah! Not surprised about Melania “Be Best” ruining the garden. About Dejoy, we all know he is going to mess up the ballots. They need to put his ass in jail right after the elections. We need a strong and justice for all AG. About Bannon (the Orc creature that lurks) getting arrested, it is long overdue. These scoundrels they all need to be in jail. I’d love to see Dumb ass Jr. and the Nimrod Kushner in jumpsuits!
Hi Michelangelo,
Diane here, formerly from Madison WI and now in the beautiful high desert of Arizona. I think the last time I posted was a few months ago, when getting ready to move and explaining why I was leaving a progressive community for a (previously) solid red state. It has to do with the desert landscape and I remember you saying how much you loved the plants and running in the desert. I wish I could take some of the beautiful early morning desert air and bottle it for you.
The move across country was stressful as only a move to a new place where you don't know anyone can be, especially if it's from a larger city to a small town. It took almost 3 weeks to get TV and internet. I literally haven't seen TV in over a month and have been completely off all media. No newspapers, satellite radio, etc. I've been cut off from what's going on in the world and connecting to the stillness of the desert and the changing of light on the rocks, so it absolutely hasn't been all bad. I didn't know about Kamala Harris or the DNC until just a few days ago. This from someone who spent hours glued to MSNBC and Progressive radio. I think the break was good for me and gave me some balance.
Still I've managed to at least keep up a bit by reading your posts, and the responses you get. I always appreciate your openness to whatever perspective and happenings your readers share.
Here in the Verde Valley of northern AZ there are pro-Trump signs everywhere as well as what seems like lots of support for extreme right wingers like Wendy Rogers who is running for senate in District 6, which isn't even our district. Rogers has signs everywhere that say "pro Trump" at the top. Under her name there will be catch phrases designed to stir up the base like "protect our guns" and "ban sanctuary cities". In my neighborhood right around the corner there is a house that is flying a huge "Trump 2020" flag that also says "no more bullshit". Every time my husband and I walk past this house we are slack-jawed: this person really believes DEMOCRATS are responsible for all the bullshit? How does that even work?
Today we went for a drive to several smaller towns in the area that have been struggling for years and have been hit even harder by COVID, due to lack of tourism support for the businesses, restaurants, and few museums, etc. they do have. And yet the Trump signs and Rogers signs are everywhere, banners proclaiming "On the Trump Train!" and "Keep Making America Great!".
On the one hand it seems impossible to comprehend and on the other there's Fox News.
Every once in a while here I will see a non-Trump sign but it's still not pro-Biden. The only one I've seen is "Any Functioning Adult 2020" which I get a kick out of.
In a few days I have to go back to Wisconsin until November because that's where my health care is and I have another round of cancer screening. I'll be staying with friends and don't have a valid address there so I need to find out how to vote without a valid ID. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. In the meantime I'm working on getting a bit more acquainted with Arizona politics, continuing to support progressives where I can, and breathing lots of desert air.
Thanks again for all you do,
Diane
I'm bummed that the Postmaster General can't be fired if Biden wins unless the Board of Governors does it and the Board members are all while male Republicans. Congress needs to change this! (I won't be watching the GOP convention due to the lies and right wing propaganda) and having to hear the Trump children and their wives, girlfriends and husbands.
Hello Michangelo:
My postal service in Southern CT is ok for now. Discovered November Election Ballot Applications for 2020 are available now on-line. Printed out the application(which allows COVID 19 exemption to use form) and will hand-deliver to Town Clerk Monday 8/24/2020. CT says ballot should be in hand as of 10/02/2020. I will either use drop box or hand-deliver to Town Clerk the completed ballot. I want things done ASAP as Trump isn’t done with his games! The RNC will be a hate-fest and should be fact-checked in real time! Everyone PLAN YOUR VOTE! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump doesn't need a strong message next week, he doesn't need a plan, most of his base will stick by him because he gives their lives meaning. His base is small but he only needs to depress the Democratic vote. Democratic leadership is not doing nearly enough to broadcast the incredible danger this country faces if Trump is reelected. The very people we need to turn out in massive numbers were not watching the DNC or Biden's fine performance, nor are they following the pundit classes, or the weak and disorganized House oversight hearings. Without coordinated messaging to address the non-stop propaganda and lies blanketing the country by Trump, the GOP, Fox News, right-wing talk radio, I am very concerned that Trump will prevail.
At least Jackie had class, dignity, sophistication, etc.; Melania has trump. What a let down.
Will not be watching rnc, can't stand the sight or even hear his voice, even more since my son got covid19. Seems to be improving, but sure keeps me awake at night
Just sitting down and eating my supper . And just thinking about Trump and his cronies makes me sick .
I went to my local post office today it was running smooth .
Michael I truly think there is no way The orange John gotti wins unless he cheats
I feel for you, Michelangelo,for professional reasons , you have to watch the “Repugnants National Convention, which I am sure is a most excruciating experience to have to endure. We rely on you to suffer so you can enlighten us, for that sacrifice we thank you.
The rest of us should BOYCOTT...BOYCOTT this sad excuse for a democracy and a failed Presidency.
Hi Michael:
It is Toni from Buckeye, Arizona (was from Cincinnati). Tell Diane that she can register to vote (early vote by mail in ballot) when she gets a Arizona drivers license. They do it right there when you get your license. If she is receiving medicare, she can switch her coverage because she has moved out of Wisconsin. I had to do the same this past week. My new supplemental coverage starts Sept. 1st. I watched the entire convention and it was amazing. I actually am feeling some hope for our future and kids and grandkids future for the first time in a long while. We had just taken a trip up to Prescott, AZ and I did see a number of Trump signs. OMG what are those people thinking..... I can not wait until the election and for this nightmare to be over. It truly won't be over until January. I can't believe Melania destroyed the rose garden. Why would anyone remove those trees. Everything the Trumps touch dies or is destroyed. I will not be watching the RNC convention. Thank you for doing that for me. Thank you for being a voice for all of us. You are very much appreciated.
Well I will miss the open threads next week during RNC and being able to commiserate with all the compadres here. However I myself would not watch much of it except spouse views it as a laugh fest at the Cult so am sure it will be on. Definitely will listen to your show.
House next door is a vacation rental, full of young people partying this weekend. At least the breeze is blowing the other way. Don’t get it when over 70% of the new cases in California right now are young people. There only seem to be 8 of them but still. Did we feel this invincible? My memory fails.
I am in SoCal and NoCal is on Fire. Very sad. Climate change is in and of itself a reason to vote for Biden/Harris, among all the other reasons.
Dinner is a big salad, homemade sourdough bread, dessert homemade chocolate “war” cake, a cake that was made often during WWII when eggs and other ingredients were hard to come by.
Thanks for all you do Michelangelo, don’t think I would’ve made it through these last few years without people like you and Dean.
Michelangelo, please open another thread about these idiots cult-followers, dumb ass clark and the fake dude, so glad you handed his ass to him :)