As we take down the confederate flag, lets give Jackson his due as founder of the republican Party Eight years ago a Clinton backer, complained that Obama was “usurping the historic Democratic Party, dating back to the age of Andrew Jackson, by rejecting its historic electoral core: white workers[...]
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March 24th, 2015 - 11:22 pm § in Politics
Time for Andy Jackson to go bye-bye
Andrew Jackson wasn’t a nice man. He owned slaves and practiced genocide against Native Americans. The only reason he’s on the twenty-dollar bill is because he was considered a war hero in his time (against the British and Indians) and that got him elected president. But this is the 21st[...]
October 25th, 2022 - 11:57 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Who is the real J. D. Vance?
The question matters, because unless Ohio’s Democratic voters turn out in unexpected droves, Vance will become a U.S. senator (if you believe the polls). So who is he? First of all, he’s a liar. He tweeted on Jan. 6, 2022 (here), exactly one year after the Capitol insurrection, “Th[...]
August 4th, 2022 - 6:19 pm § in Misc.
Lightning rod
Four people near a bronze statue of Andrew Jackson (pictured below) in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House, were hit by lightning and sustained life-threatening injuries during thunderstorms in Washington D.C. on Thursday, August 4, 2022 (story here). There may be a metaphor in [...]
June 24th, 2022 - 1:08 pm § in Law and Courts
Is the Supreme Court taking us to another Dred Scott moment?
In 1857, a Supreme Court led by Roger Taney, scion of a Maryland slave-owning family, “declared on specious grounds that African Americans, enslaved or free, were not and would never be entitled to US citizenship and thus to constitutional rights and privileges.” That decision, Dred Scot[...]
Historians rank Trump as 4th worst president
It’s a real challenge to out-worst the 3 presidents who dragged America into the Civil War and then bungled Reconstruction — that’s a very tough act to follow — and Trump didn’t quite make the cut, but he came close. In updated rankings, 142 academic historians surveyed[...]
Will the Harriet Tubman $20 bill make a comeback under Biden?
The plates have existed since 2018, but Trump’s treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, said it would take 10 years to start printing the bills because of “technical difficulties.” Yeah, a racist in the White House who can’t stand black people — least of all, black voters &#[...]
January 14th, 2020 - 1:41 am § in Misc.
The Trump Sect of Christianity
What is Trumpist Christianity? Is this a new religion where our President has divine power and can even pardon Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher for his war crimes in the name of Jesus? Trump Prays. Recently at Mar a Lago, Trump showed his sense of humor about Blacks and Jews. [...]
October 15th, 2019 - 2:44 pm § in Misc.
AMERICA CELEBRATES SLAVERY AND EXTERMINATION OF CALIFORNIANS
Really? An AMERICAN coin celebrating the brutality and horror of Father Serra?? What Next? 20 dollar bill celebrating Andrew Jackson? Jefferson Davis Highway dedicated in Washington state? A military school dedicated to the murderers of Jemmi Cato? A monument to celebrate General Sherman’s e[...]
July 4th, 2019 - 1:14 am § in Misc.
JULY 4: The sacrilege of the pledge of allegiance!
Today, as an American, grateful for all that has come before, I will celebrate our anniversary. Sadly, as an Atheist, as a Jew, and as a patriot, I will not be able to recite America’s Pledge of Allegiance. I would gladly recite the original words of the Pledge: “I pledge allegiance to[...]