Ralph Swain

Online college professor, Viet Nam vet, travel writer, photographer, naturalist, film and history buff. Owner of The Great Southwest Radio Theatre Project.

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@chipfranklin He definitely needs a second chance. I never understood the hub bub over Franken compared to the overly gross infractions of some of the GOP people.

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@MSNBC @JoyAnnReid I do not trust Manchineel and Sinema. They have allowed the Build Back Better plan to be gutted at the expense of American families. The Progressives are correct in holding the line on not supporting the infrastructure bill without the Build Back Better bill.

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.@SenatorSinema @SenMarkKelly Voting is a fundamental right of our democracy which veterans fought to defend. Now, we need you to step up and ensure ballot access for disabled veterans! #VetsforDemocracy @commondefense

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Thank you @JoelJohn4House,@reginaldbolding, & @AZHouseDems for supporting #SCR1044, to provide in-state tuition to all #AZ #HSgrads, regardless of immigration status! AZ needs an educated and professional workforce to help grow our economy. @AmericanBIC @AlientoAZ

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Thank you @repdavidcook,@reginaldbolding, & @AZHouseDems for supporting #SCR1044, to provide in-state tuition to all #AZ #HSgrads, regardless of immigration status! AZ needs an educated and professional workforce to help grow our economy. @AmericanBIC @AlientoAZ

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@americareframed The Public Broadcasting “World” channel airs The documentary series America Reframed. This is a wonderful series and I wish more people would be aware and watch these excellent programs. The underlying premise of America Reframed is “Hope.”

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The day after Joe Biden is sworn in as president, civilian Trump should be arrested and charged with violation of the Voting Rights Act for tampering with the US Postal Service among many other charges.

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@IlhanMN Quoting Scripture is like throwing your hands up and saying, “I give up.” Instead be proactive and encourage family and friends who may not be practicing the proper hygiene, physical distancing and staying at home when at all possible to do so.

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@gtconway3d @realDonaldTrump The only GOP senator with cahones is Mitt Romney, the rest you must go. As a progressive Democrat living in mostly Republican Arizona, I’m glad our two former GOP senators were anti-Trumpsters, Jeff Flake and John McCain...amazing!

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@rpeterson2317 @Cchamp8Morse @kasie @AlexNBCNews Pretty damn fast. Have seen the high-speed printers they use to print Social Security checks...paper currency? Real damn fast!

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@ControlsChico @WalshFreedom @SpecApe No. We need a no-party system. Everyone becomes an independent and you vote for the candidates you like, not a false, one-size fits all party platform. No Electoral College and no Gerrymandering. Just good old one person, one vote.

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@IlhanMN Any US Citizen can run for office. There’s no previous job requirement. We need a people’s government that reflects the diverse people of this country. Don’t knock people who aren’t elites or aren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

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@DrPaulGosar @dmedin11 On the contrary the world will be better without you in the Arizona legislature you doofus.

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@GeorgeTakei He is such an ignoramus. They are wind “turbines” and positively clean energy. Trump claims to be “well read” about “windmills” but obviously has never been close to or seen a wind turbine himself.

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@roper_93 What a complete idiot. Wind turbines, not “mills” are clean energy. He knows nothing but he’s the expert!

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@TheTruthCollab @RyanInReality @GretaThunberg You’re lumping the expression “socialism” with a very complex idea. Read Michael Harrington’s books on Socialism before you make ridiculous statements. It would be a better comparison to switch Greta’s Time cover with President Trump’s.

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Jason: if you enjoy a Christmas tree and are Jewish or if a Christian and enjoys the menorah, go for it. Religion tends to create enough “guilt.” Something that is beautiful to behold should be shared and not confined as a symbol for only those of a certain denomination to enjoy.

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

Dear Scott:
I’m a Jew and my son really wants a tree. If we celebrate a secular Christmas, but we don’t talk about Jesus, and we also light some candles and do Hanukkah stuff, then what’s the ruling?

Don’t wanna offend any white gentile guys. Y’all have been through enough!

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@route66news Give me a “f—-ing” break! Seriously? Is there a Richard Nixon Highway? Trump is sure to follow suit.

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@erinbiba @Wayfair We should get ALL these children placed with parents or relatives as quickly as possible. But why have them sleeping on the cold floor or steel bunk beds when they can have real beds? Their physical comfort should come first.

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@MikeSparkman65 @NoMaDDH @joe_hill I’m a Vietnam Vet and still a wild-ass hippie politically. Maybe that’s because I joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) when I returned from ‘Nam and demonstrated for a week with John Kerry and company in D.C. in April 1971. My daily radio reports are on YouTube.