Category: #opinion

The Filibuster Must Go

jamie

I can see why Democrats are nervous about killing the Filibuster. Why? Because it will be gone FOREVER. Permanently. No take backs. Both parties might have to actually have to start governing, instead of just blaming the other for everything. Don’t believe me? Hear me out.

The Filibuster. Time to go away for good.

I can see why Democrats are nervous about killing the Filibuster. Why? Because it will be gone FOREVER. Permanently. No take backs. Both parties might have to actually have to start governing, instead of just blaming the other for everything. Don’t believe me? Hear me out.

Let’s say the Republicans come back to hold a majority in the Senate. I prefer that this never happens, of course. At least not THIS Republican party. Anyway, let’s say they do take back the Senate.

The LAST thing they would do is reinstate the Filibuster. Because if they DID, they would suddenly need 60 votes to pass anything instead of just 50. Why would they want to give the Democrats 10 votes? They wouldn’t.

Democrats should repeal the Filibuster immediately, and start governing. Expect the Republicans to do the same when they get a majority. Everybody needs to put on their big boy pants and learn to compromise.

Both parties need to start serving the people who elected them, not just the corporations and rich bastards who exploit the rest of us for their own gain. We’re tired of dying so the rich can get richer and have more power to fuck us in the ass with.

Dolphins spotted in East River, sparking fascination

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Dolphins in the East River! What?!
#NYC #Dolphins #jg

The Article ‘Dolphins spotted in East River, sparking fascination’ originally appeared on https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/544721-dolphins-spotted-in-east-river-sparking-fascination

Jamie’s comments are his own.

Listen to the musical roots of the Grateful Dead | Boing Boing

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Before the Grateful Dead, there was Woody Guthrie, Elizabeth Cotten, Lead Belly, Big Mama Thornton, and countless other country, bluegrass, folk, and blues artists. Indeed, Jerry Garcia frequently praised Harry Smith’s incredible Anthology of American Folk Music, released by Folkways Records in 1952, as a major influence.
#Influences #GratefulDead #music #JerryGarcia #History

The Article ‘Listen to the musical roots of the Grateful Dead | Boing Boing’ originally appeared on https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2021%2F02%2F19%2Flisten-to-the-musical-roots-of-the-grateful-dead.html&h=AT2BlOL5Xu_AXLMVDawWF6ipgGeFKGvyo64TJcWH2W610YnbcIAHuFPV-gJbyKUM_kndftXcKpNPQMgw_QH88I8hS6Swc7m_-aGtM0FlyZ06nwUeNoGG2ntkpPT2yw&s=1

Jamie’s comments are his own.

Human noise is threatening ocean life | Boing Boing

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Science has found that human noise is threatening ocean life.

Maybe one day we will learn to harmonize with nature, rather than drowning it out with the noise of progress without conscience. ~jg
https://bit.ly/2YXKf1A
#theplanet #jg #science #oceans

The Article ‘Human noise is threatening ocean life | Boing Boing’ originally appeared on https://boingboing.net/2021/02/09/human-noise-is-threatening-ocean-life.html
Jamie’s comments are his own.

The New Revolution

jamie

I sometimes talk about revolution in songs I write. Because I believe in revolution. I think revolution is essential to true growth and change. Revolution is the only way to bring about true change when roadblocks and obstacles to doing the right thing cannot be surmounted by other means.

Peaceful revolution is evolved revolution. The evolution of revolution. You know, for the digital post-modern age. Revolutions of course, can be violent as well, but we must not allow our primitive fears and emotional preservation to make that choice for us. Peaceful protest is always more effective than violent acts of revolt. Protests must never be allowed to become acts of terrorism.

Violence must always be a last resort; an act of self defense. If we expect the world to see us as legitimate leaders, they must see a new generation of Americans. Not the policies of our grandparents, that Trump used to spur division, fear and hate, but policies of a new era.

Policies that represent the 75% of America that are already woke to upholding the truths that we SAY we stand for. That each person is equal under law, and everyone gets an equal chance in America. That the rich, white minority are not more entitled to fair treatment and opportunity than the rest of low-to-middle income, multicultural America that we truly are.

We, Purple America, America of ALL races and creeds, cannot let a small number of outspoken, self-serving, partisan, faux-Christian assholes leave our national American dream of homogeny and harmony in tatters of tyranny and tragedy.

Evil only wins in darkness, when good people say and do nothing to expose it or stop it. Speak up. Do something. Rebuilding together, once we purge our government of those who stood against America. All of them.

~jamie gray 1-24-21

B-Bye Loser

jamie

I made a video to sum up every emotion I’m feeling about the end of the Trump era. It was really good. I felt great about myself. It was an amazing cinematic work, and I was sure it would propel me to instant Tik Tok fame. Then I started editing out everything that could cause FBI surveillance or get me put on the no-fly list or banned from social networks.

These are the frames I was left with. ~jg

Fuck you, Mango Mussolini!