tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post8407962727983730490..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: America falls for identity theft scam gives personal information to Putin's Puppet Grung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-88849309080137498852017-07-06T00:09:06.174-05:002017-07-06T00:09:06.174-05:00So far, 40+ states have resisted to some extent th...So far, 40+ states have resisted to some extent this over-reach, so that's good. I note that Bush's former Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff has a good editorial at Washington Post warning about just this. Also, it looks like Kobach has probably broken the law by asking for the information in the way he has, via a sort of obscure 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act (he's also probably used this ID theft/voter suppression farce for Hatch Act self-promotion--I'd like to see this near-beer Nazi clapped down for something). The problem is, the nature of people who don't respect this country's citizens is they will keep trying it because nothing tells them they can't--until the people let them know they can't. That means clearing the deck of Trump's enablers wherever they hold elected offices.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-39090840620356612812017-07-04T06:45:32.319-05:002017-07-04T06:45:32.319-05:00Excellent post, Gene. You've captured the esse...Excellent post, Gene. You've captured the essence of the corporate state in its mission, its agenda, and its action plan. Although resisting this tyranny is seemingly hopeless, we have no choice. As Chris Hedges remarked, "We are like mice, squeaking at an avalanche – but squeak we <i>must</i>!"<br /><br />May this country's <i>next</i> gaining of independence be celebrated by <i>all</i>, for <i>all</i>, and with true justice and equality <i>of all</i>, and may this new paradigm relegate corporations to their true status as legal instruments -- not the legal fiction of personhood they've gained through reckless court misinterpretations and decisions over the last century-and-a-half. <br /><br />Everyone...continue the resistance. Keep up the good fight! Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-54790911070876784782017-07-03T11:26:15.225-05:002017-07-03T11:26:15.225-05:00Why does this post have to ring out so true. Well ...Why does this post have to ring out so true. Well the fact of the matter is that it's all true. We are not wrong you guys. <br /><br />Sure as hell not much satisfaction being right these days.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-18418942760748568932017-07-03T10:06:45.963-05:002017-07-03T10:06:45.963-05:00Governor Rauner "Mister 1% of the 1%" ha...Governor Rauner "Mister 1% of the 1%" hasn't weighed in yet as far as I know as he has just suffered a legislative defeat as the Illinois State Republicans decided to vote with Madigan on a budget. But, it's no surprise the Republican identifies with the Confederacy. Republicans <b>hate</b> America. It's voters act as the arch-traitors in the Confederate Army fighting for the rich to own black people and denying themselves and other poor people voting and government rights. This is the <i>exact</i> policy the Republicans are pursing now.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-90576481724108107152017-07-03T09:53:45.553-05:002017-07-03T09:53:45.553-05:00I'm sorry to say my own "blue" state...I'm sorry to say my own "blue" state of Maryland is, as of the moment, "undecided" as to whether to cave to Kobach. That's the price for electing a Repub governor who appoints the election commission. It's just outrageous.W. Hackwhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com