Something good from the Trump Years.....

[gimmethesimplelife]

This thread may be going all over the place but here's another valid reason I don't believe in this country, especially now with the Orange One about to take over. I have friends I used to work with at the Grand Canyon who are at the front lines at Standing Rock. For those that believe in America, your precious country's law enforcement sociopaths switched from rubber bullets to the real thing yesterday. I do not come equipped to forgive America for this. I have a good heart and I'm a decent person...this is beyond being forgiveable. But enough about me. What happens when the Trump Years force America as it really is up through the social classes and more people much better off than me arrive at similar conclusions? Oy vey, what nightmares have we unlocked going forward? Rob

Came back to add that the switch to real bullets by the sociopaths behind badges at Standing Rock was leveraged worldwide via social media so this story should not be too hard to find on youtube. I get constant updates with pics from my friends.....

[gimmethesimplelife]

I tried finding articles about a new trend of rich white people terrorizing poor neighborhoods, but all I found was some stuff about gentrification.

Do you honestly believe 1/10th of the injustice taking place in the 85006 or similar areas is actually reported? Oy Vey. Please PM me, I have some swampland near Yuma I'd be glad to cut you a good deal on. Btw, not only do lower income neighborhoods suffer this dearth of reporting, but notice the media blackout in regards to Standing Rock? Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

I apologize for my remissitude.

Well if you're committed to staying in Arizona, I commend you for getting involved in your neighborhood and its well-being. I do wish you'd find a way to get out of the toxic funk you seem to find yourself in, as it can't be conducive to bringing positive change--or to your health, for that matter. What is that line about being the change you want to see in the world? And since that old gasbag Arpaio was defeated recently, maybe change is in the air. Good luck, Rob.

Jane, just wanted to say Thanks for always being decent. I may not thrive through the Orange One's years but damned if I'm not already getting mobilized and committed and involved, and the Orange One hasn't been sworn in yet even. It's a start, anyway. Rob

[LDAHL]

Do you honestly believe 1/10th of the injustice taking place in the 85006 or similar areas is actually reported? Oy Vey. Please PM me, I have some swampland near Yuma I'd be glad to cut you a good deal on. Btw, not only do lower income neighborhoods suffer this dearth of reporting, but notice the media blackout in regards to Standing Rock? Rob

It took about twenty seconds to find Standing Rock footage at CNN. That seems like a funny kind of blackout to me.

Your unsupported assertion notwithstanding, I would think anything as lurid as your roving gangs of rich white kids would get plenty of coverage, if only for the profitable eyeballs it would attract.

[ApatheticNoMore]

I have friends I used to work with at the Grand Canyon who are at the front lines at Standing Rock. For those that believe in America, your precious country's law enforcement sociopaths switched from rubber bullets to the real thing yesterday. I do not come equipped to forgive America for this. I have a good heart and I'm a decent person...this is beyond being forgiveable. But enough about me. What happens when the Trump Years force America as it really is up through the social classes and more people much better off than me arrive at similar conclusions? Oy vey, what nightmares have we unlocked going forward?

uh you do know Trump hasn't even taken office yet right and has no official power yet. So this is ALL under Obama (well the Presidency is anyway). So your lesser evil, isn't much so, which became more and more obvious to anyone paying attention. Then the lesser evil people keep wondering why noone shows up to vote for them (which is kind of what really seemed to have happened with the election - Trump got less voters that Romney, that empty suit - just previous Dem voters didn't bother).

[gimmethesimplelife]

It took about twenty seconds to find Standing Rock footage at CNN. That seems like a funny kind of blackout to me.

Your unsupported assertion notwithstanding, I would think anything as lurid as your roving gangs of rich white kids would get plenty of coverage, if only for the profitable eyeballs it would attract.

I invite you to Google Native Americans protesting outside of CNN for coverage and learn of your country's media blackout as to Standing Rock. Pretty repulsive stuff but par for the course. Rob

[Teacher Terry]

Rob: I have seen very little coverage on the national news about standing rock. They are trying to keep it off the radar. Similar to when Bernie was first speaking and they did not coverage him much at all.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Rob: I have seen very little coverage on the national news about standing rock. They are trying to keep it off the radar. Similar to when Bernie was first speaking and they did not coverage him much at all.

Exactly. The only reason I know what I know about Standing Rock is due to my friends on the front lines leveraging social media. And I agree completely with you.....this did happen to Bernie. I've lost faith in the media overall going forward but I still love me a juicy editorial page on a December Sunday afternoon. Rob

[ApatheticNoMore]

CNN is the worst. Lots of people like to believe Fox is, but I don't know, they are biased but they don't seem to do as much news suppression and pure propaganda that isn't obvious editorializing as CNN does. There are lots of ways to tilt news but CNN technique is pure suppression to a degree I've seldom seen. And with CNN it's war drums beating 24/7 to a degree it's hard to rival or believe. That's what I always say: CNN is the worst.

But standing rock isn't exactly the most suppressed story, I mean how many people have heard that the largest strike in the country that has been going on lately is of prison labor. Less covered than Standing Rock.

[iris lilies]

Rob: I have seen very little coverage on the national news about standing rock. They are trying to keep it off the radar. Similar to when Bernie was first speaking and they did not coverage him much at all.

Why is Obama's henchmen, the mainstream media, doing that? Why doesnt Obama make this story a bigger deal?

Why cAnt the media remove themselves from the awesomely powerful magnetic pull of Donald Trump to report on other issues in this country?

Inquiring minds want to know, but I am mainly musing, no answers really expected.