VOTE!
As my friend John Lewis said, “My dear friends, your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union.”
America could wake up on Wednesday with all three branches of our government — the — Executive, Legislative, and Judicial — Trumpist.
With this clip, take five minutes to ponder Germany’s memorials and the price that nation paid for being bamboozled by a bombastic autocrat. Listen to the heartfelt message of my German tour guides, for whom these memorials are like ghosts of mistakes made and evils allowed… ghosts that haunt their society still. These are the same guides who clink glasses in the beer halls and yodel from the hilltops with our American tour members. They admire America. They love America. And they are worried for America.
If we vote for fascism, it’ll likely be won by one or two percent (or even less)…and perhaps just a few stadiums of people will tip the balance. And history has taught my European friends that the cost of a course correction is infinitely more heartbreaking after a wannabe dictator wins an election than before. We are all participants, we are all responsible, and we will all bear the consequences of our collective choice.
@wiseconnector I still use recipes that I learned in cooking class in school - I learned good technique, organization, planning and the all important timing of a meal coming together, in cooking class - my Mum was working - she couldn’t teach me all that with the time she had
@LivingInThePas5 Delta Dawn what’s that’s flower you’ve got on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
And Did I hear you say
You were meeting him here today
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@gill_godwin I was going to give it to the food bank but you know what? My daughter is having a hard time putting food on the table for my grandkids - so it’s going directly to them