tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post2578479836514112828..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Cuing Up the Next Civil Warbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-3403458432256674502020-08-01T11:00:55.266-04:002020-08-01T11:00:55.266-04:00He's the symptom of a very toxic political poi...He's the symptom of a very toxic political point of view, wherein the government exists for the upper class's benefit and no one else's. And to win votes from the people they need to screw, they have to give them someone to shit on... Blacks, immigrants, gays, Muslims, Jews, Atheists, liberals... Whatever gets people riled up. Trump and the modern Republican party are the embodiment of the lowest common denominator.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-81147183277820594032020-07-31T20:49:46.318-04:002020-07-31T20:49:46.318-04:00It's definitely scary. I lived through the 60&...It's definitely scary. I lived through the 60's and early 70's. I marched in DC on May Day. What a shit show that was. I'm old now. But I will fight in this Civil War for the justice that this country and every citizen who lives here deserves. Donald Trump has made a mockery out of everything we hold sacred as Americans. We no longer are about brotherhood and freedom for all. He's from NYC, yet I would venture to bet he couldn't tell you what the Statue of Liberty cries for the whole world to hear. <br /><br />Give me your tired, your poor,<br />Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free,<br />The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,<br />Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,<br />I lift my lamp beside the golden door.<br /><br />~Emma Lazarus~<br /><br />Donald Trump has no heart. He and all his enablers need to be removed and put somewhere where they can do no damage ever again. And anyone who follows him needs to follow that same path. If you play, you pay. It's as simple as that. He's a dangerous man who has spread hate and discontent like a virus. Those who have fed into his whole embodiment of corruption are just as bad or maybe even worse than he is. I don't know any more. I used to think they weren't to blame, but now I see they're they fuel that keep him lit. He feeds off their energy and it's scary. Anyway, thank you for your food for thought. I definitely agree with you and so do many, many others. We just need to band together and be strong! Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-5997122150952376212020-07-29T16:03:02.025-04:002020-07-29T16:03:02.025-04:00No question they could be used against foreign inv...No question they could be used against <i>foreign</i> invaders. (And the Posse Comitatus Act was passed in 1878, during the "Reconstruction," so it post-dates the Civil War.) <br /><br />I just wonder about using the Army against American citizens that they don't like for purely political reasons. Maybe Trump gets around this prohibition because these guys are not the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines. bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-18945062656822761222020-07-29T14:05:21.281-04:002020-07-29T14:05:21.281-04:00doesn't Posse Comitatus prevent the use of US ...<i>doesn't Posse Comitatus prevent the use of US Military on American soil?</i><br /><br />There would have to be exceptions in case of defense. What if the country were invaded? If an enemy army were to land on the beaches of San Diego and attack the city, the US Army would certainly be able to go there and fight to expel them.<br /><br />For that matter, the entire Civil War was fought on what the US government maintained was US soil, against Americans in revolt against Constitutional authority.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-2689537226688181232020-07-29T09:04:07.096-04:002020-07-29T09:04:07.096-04:00Not for nothin', but doesn't Posse Comitat...Not for nothin', but doesn't Posse Comitatus prevent the use of US Military on American soil? Maybe there's an out for defense from an internal force.<br /><br />I don't know that the regular police forces wouldn't be on the side of the Trump Army... They both seem to like the opportunity to beat up on protesters, especially those protesting the police in the first place.<br /><br />Anyway, I continue to note the overwhelming silence from the Right, who seem deathly afraid of government troops occupying city streets... unless it's in support of THEIR guy. Phony patriotism, phony Americans.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-78606454182128875172020-07-29T08:46:06.922-04:002020-07-29T08:46:06.922-04:00Hence my point about numbers. A few hundred or at...Hence my point about numbers. A few hundred or at most a few thousand goons vs the US Army wouldn't make for much of a civil war. In fact, the regular police could handle these guys. I only brought up the army to point out that they wouldn't back Trump in a coup attempt, which would make such an attempt hopeless.<br /><br />As for the "random 2nd Amendment Boyz", the last time they tried to actually do something, they managed to seize an undefended bird sanctuary visitor kiosk in the middle of nowhere for a few weeks and forgot to bring enough Cheetos. They write a lot of menacing-sounding crap on the internet, but that's about all they're good for.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-33955478275614356112020-07-29T08:03:55.294-04:002020-07-29T08:03:55.294-04:00That's what brought me to the idea of another ...That's what brought me to the idea of another Civil War... 2 rival military forces fighting it out on our city streets. And then when the random 2nd Amendment Boyz join in, who can tell who's fighting who?bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-85070863483767307802020-07-29T05:11:27.622-04:002020-07-29T05:11:27.622-04:00One thing to remember about the Trump Army: numbe...One thing to remember about the Trump Army: numbers. This whole mess in downtown Portland is happening in an area of two to four blocks. The number of Trumpshirts deployed is barely enough to deal with a few hundred protesters (they've been forced to retreat several times), never mind dominate the city. I know someone who has to go to downtown Portland one day a week, to an office building about five blocks from where all this is happening, and she's never mentioned even noticing anything going on. It's an extremely small-scale operation.<br /><br />Barr may have chosen Portland because, while it's a very liberal city, the police-department culture is pretty Trumpazoid. They might not obey orders to take down the Trump Army, if it came to that. In other major cities that's less likely to be a problem.<br /><br />Like so much Trump does, this is a Potemkin show to make him look tough in the eyes of his base.<br /><br />As to what happens if Trump loses in November and tries to use the Trumpshirts to stir up trouble, this country does have a <i>real</i> army, which is sworn to defend the Constitution and whose leaders have been massively pissed off by Trump several times. Against that, no illegal effort to hold power could succeed.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-83448934870487016162020-07-28T23:00:56.698-04:002020-07-28T23:00:56.698-04:00I agree with you 100%I agree with you 100%Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987527540895782339noreply@blogger.com