JANUARY 1 AND 2,
2019
NEWS AND VIEWS
THE MOST
IMPORTANT NEWS SHOULD COME FIRST. HERE IS “BERNIE’S BIG NEW YEAR’S BASH.” HIS
SPEECH IS SHORT AND ENERGETIC, A PEP RALLY RATHER THAN A LECTURE, AND THE MUSIC
IS GOOD. THERE IS A LONG SILENT PERIOD BEFORE THE STREAMING BEGINS, SO JUST
CLICK IT FORWARD SOME 15 MINUTES.
BERNIE'S BIG
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Politics
DR OZ’S
COMMENTS ON BERNIE’S HEART GIVES A VERY POSITIVE PICTURE, SHOWING HIS CONDITION
TO BE RELATIVELY COMMON. HE DID SAY THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF PLAQUE INSIDE THE
ARTERIES CONTINUES OVER TIME IN ALL OF US, SO IT CAN RECUR. HE ALSO SAID, “HALF
THE DOCTORS IN AMERICA FAVOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.” I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
How serious is
Bernie Sanders' heart problem?
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THE VIDEO THAT FOLLOWS
IS AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS AND THE DES MOINES REGISTER ON HIS
VIEWS, PLANS AND HIS CHANCE TO WIN THE 2020 ELECTION. THAT MIGHT SOUND HO-HUM
TO SOME, SINCE HE DOES SPEAK OFTEN AND HIS MESSAGES ARE MAINLY FAMILIAR; BUT IT
IS FULL OF NEW AS WELL AS HIS WELL-KNOWN PLATFORM COMMENTARY. HE SHOULD DO EXTENDED INTERVIEWS MORE OFTEN BECAUSE THEY BRING OUT MORE OF WHAT HE BELIEVES AND WHO HE IS. IT’S
REASSURING TO SEE THAT HE HASN’T MOVED BACK FROM WHAT HE STANDS FOR, WHILE HIS
THOUGHTS CONTINUE TO GROW.
IN SHORT, THIS
IS AN UNUSUALLY GOOD INTERVIEW, IF YOU LIKE BERNIE, THAT IS. THIS IS BERNIE AT
HIS BEST. IS HE JUST A “FIREBRAND,” OR “RABBLE ROUSER?” NO. HE’S CARING,
COMMITTED, A READER AND STUDENT OF MANY SUBJECTS. HE IS WISE, PRACTICAL,
OPEN-MINDED, AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENT. ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES TO SAY THAT HE IS NON
COMPOS MENTIS, SHOULD WATCH THIS. OUR NATION NEEDS HIS STRONG INFLUENCE AT THE
VERY LEAST, AND HE IS VERY LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO WIN. HIS ABILITY TO RALLY
PEOPLE IS UNDENIABLE.
WHEN HE WAS ASKED
WHAT CAN ONE OR TWO SANDERS ADMINISTRATIONS DO AGAINST ALL OF OUR NATIONAL SINS
AND ERRORS, HE SAID THAT WE CAN “TRANSFORM THE VALUES SYSTEM.” I CAN REMEMBER
WELL WHEN OUR CITIZENS LARGELY BELIEVED THINGS LIKE THOSE WHICH HE
PROPOSES TO BE GOOD RATHER THAN EVIL, FOOLISH OR DOWNRIGHT STUPID, AND
THE WEALTHY WERE NOT MERELY PRAISED FOR THEIR GENEROUS GIVING TO THE POOR, BUT
WERE EXPECTED TO DO IT.
THAT’S THE
AMERICA WE NEED TO MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO, BECAUSE IN IT THE LESS THAN WELL-TO-DO
HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS, AND HAD A REASONABLE DEGREE OF HAPPINESS. RACE
AND ETHNICITY WAS A HUGE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, SO IT WAS NOT PERFECT AT ALL;
HOWEVER, MOST PARENTS COULD HELP SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN EMOTIONALLY IF NOT
FINANCIALLY IN THEIR DESIRE TO GO TO COLLEGE, THOUGH IT WAS EXPENSIVE EVEN IN
THOSE DAYS. YES, WE GOT LOANS AND HAD “WORK SCHOLARSHIPS,” AND PERHAPS
IT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN A FOUR-YEAR TIME SPAN, BUT MORE OF US THAN IN MY FATHER’S
DAY DID MAKE IT.
THE LAST FIGURE
I SAW ON HOW MANY AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE AT LEAST A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE FROM A
COLLEGE, WAS GIVEN AS ABOUT 40%. WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THAT MEANS 60% ARE STILL
STUCK IN THE METAPHORICAL MUD OF LIFE. THEY’RE IN “THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND.” IT’S
A PATH DOWNWARD RATHER THAN UP. THAT IS NOT ONLY DISCOURAGING, IT CAUSES
NATURAL RESENTMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL PRESSURES WERE THE
REASON FOR THAT FAILURE – POVERTY, RACE AND GENDER IN PARTICULAR. THOSE THINGS
ARE SINGULARLY UNFAIR; AND WHEN AN OUTRAGEOUS DEGREE OF PREFERENCE IS BEING
GIVEN FINANCIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY SO VERY WEALTHY THESE DAYS, TO A
DEGREE THAT I FRANKLY CAN’T COMPREHEND HOW MUCH THEY OWN, I BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE NOT ONLY A RIGHT BUT A DUTY TO WORK TO REVERSE THAT TREND TO CREATE A MUCH
HEALTHIER POINT OF EQUILIBRIUM.
OUR ECONOMIC SCALE
OF RELATIVE WEALTH GOING TO THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES HAS DEGENERATED SINCE 1970,
THOUGH THERE WERE OF COURSE PLENTY OF POOR PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNICITIES THEN; BUT
WE AS A PEOPLE TENDED TO BELIEVE IN A HIGHER LEVEL OF CIVIC DUTY. THAT
IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE AGAIN, BUT WITH IMPROVEMENTS: MEDICARE FOR ALL, ONE MAN
ONE VOTE, NO MORE RIDICULOUS BUILT IN BARRIERS TO DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS AND
LIFE, AND SO ON. ONE FRIEND OF MINE YEARS AGO BLAMED THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S
REBELLION OF THE 1970S AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR AND OTHER THINGS SUCH AS A
HIGHLY PATERNALISTIC SOCIETY, ON THE INFLUENCE OF WALT DISNEY. I THINK BERNIE
SANDERS HAS COME ALONG IN THIS TIME AND PLANTED THE SAME SEEDS OF IDEALISM, HOPE
AND POSITIVE ACTION THAT THE WORLDVIEW OF THE LATE GREAT WALT DISNEY DID.
THERE IS NO
PERFECT PERSON OR SITUATION, BUT WITHOUT WORKING FOR IMPROVEMENT, THERE WILL
ONLY BE FURTHER DEGRADATION AND DESPAIR FOR THE FOLKS ON AND NEAR THE BOTTOM. THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS USED A CYNICAL PLOY TO KEEP THEMSELVES FROM HAVING TO
STAND FIRMLY AGAINST POVERTY FOR ALL AMERICANS. THEY HAVE ACQUIRED THE
USUALLY LOYAL SUPPORT OF BLACK PEOPLE BY FOCUSING ALL OR ALMOST ALL OF THEIR
SOCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND HELP TOWARD BLACK PEOPLE. POOR HISPANICS AND NATIVE
AMERICANS ARE LATE-COMERS TO THE FEAST, AND WHITE POOR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCORNED
FOR SEEMING TO NEED ANY HELP.
FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN GOT CAUGHT IN THAT THOUGHT TRAP A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN HE SAID,
“POOR KIDS” ARE JUST AS INTELLIGENT “AS WHITE KIDS.” THAT’S KNOWN AS A MIXED
METAPHOR AND IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WEREN’T THE WAY SO MANY DO VIEW RACIAL
MATTERS. THAT LACK OF ATTENTION TO POOR WHITE PEOPLE IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP
PICKED UP ON, AND SANDERS IS ALSO AWARE OF THE DYNAMIC. FOR MORE ON THIS FLAP,
GO TO WASHINGTON POST: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-tells-minority-voters-in-iowa-that-poor-kids-are-just-as-bright-as-white-kids/2019/08/09/4926be02-ba8e-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html.
WE ARE IN
TROUBLE AS A UNIFIED NATION, IF WE DON’T CHANGE OUR WAYS OF THINKING ON SOCIAL
ISSUES AS WELL AS ON ECONOMICS. WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO OUR WHOLE POPULATION
AND NOT JUST THE WEALTHY OR THE WHITE OR THE CHRISTIAN. THE UPRISING, FROM A
LOW RUMBLE OF DISCONTENT IN THE BACKGROUND TO NAZI CHANTS ON MAIN STREET, AND
EVEN A NEW FASCISM RIGHT HERE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, NEEDS ACTION, AND
BERNIE IS THE ONE TO DO IT.
IT IS THE
SYMPTOM OF SOCIAL FAILURE. WE GOT CARELESS AND SLIPPED OFF THE PATH OF
IMPROVEMENT WHICH, I FULLY BELIEVED, WE WERE ON IN THIS COUNTRY. IT HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME SINCE I’VE HEARD THE WORDS, “THE GREAT SOCIETY.” THAT’S WHAT IS MEANT
BY ONE OF THE POPULAR TERMS NOWADAYS, “INTERSECTIONALITY.” THE POOR BLACKS WILL
LIKELY BE EVEN POORER THAN THE POOR WHITES, BUT THE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM IS
NOT TO CHOOSE ONE TO HELP AND NOT THE OTHER. THE REPUBLICANS ARE DEVOTED TO
“THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR,” AND WE DEMOCRATS MUST SEE THAT WE AREN’T THINKING IN THE
SAME WAY. OF COURSE, MONEY IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT MUST BE SHARED OUT TO SERVE TRUE
HUMAN NEEDS AND GOOD GOVERNMENT.
THIS DOWNHILL
SLIDE INTO POVERTY, OF SO MANY OF US, SHOULD ALARM ALL AMERICANS. IT IS A TRUE
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, AS THE VERY WEALTHY BUY POSITIONS IN CONGRESS AND MAKE
LAWS THAT FAVOR THE WEALTHY EVEN MORE, CREATING A TERRIBLE CYCLE OF EVENTS AND
FORCES. BERNIE SANDERS IS LOOKING NOT MERELY AT THE PRICE OF A LOAF OF BREAD,
BUT AT THE CRUMBLING OF AMERICA, AND HE HAS CHOSEN TO FIGHT.
HIS OTHER ISSUE
OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE IS THE ENVIRONMENT WORLDWIDE. IF WE DON’T GET A HANDLE
QUICKLY ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, THAT WILL BE THE WORST PROBLEM OF ALL.
MAJOR CITIES PARTIALLY UNDERWATER IS NOT ONLY A FINANCIAL LOSS FOR HOMEOWNERS,
BUT IT WILL INVOLVE GROUPS OF PEOPLE HAVING TO PULL UP STAKES AND RELOCATE. IF
WE THINK THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES IS A PROBLEM NOW, WAIT UNTIL FIELDS DRY UP FOR
LACK OF RAIN AND COASTAL AREAS ARE LITERALLY SWALLOWED UP BY THE OCEAN. I READ
A NEWS ARTICLE A YEAR OR SO AGO STATING THAT THE US NAVY IS LOOKING AT MOVING
ITS’ BASE AT NORFOLK, VA BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN OCEAN LEVELS. WHICH DO YOU
BELIEVE, DONALD TRUMP OR THE US NAVY? I BELIEVE THE NAVY. THEY’RE READING THE
SCIENCE.
SO HERE WE ALL
ARE ON THE EDGE OF A DANGEROUS FUTURE, AND SADLY, BERNIE AND THE OTHERS OF THE
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE DARED TO TALK MUCH ABOUT IT. OUR
LEADERS ARE VIRTUALLY COVERING THEIR EYES, EARS AND MOUTH TO KEEP FROM
CONFRONTING THE TRUTH. THAT’S WHAT THEY DO TO BE SAFE, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
AFRAID THAT THEY WON’T GET PAID BY WEALTHY DONORS ANYMORE IF THEY SPEAK OUT.
THOSE OF US WHO,
NOT BEING WEALTHY OR YOUNG OR WHATEVER OUR PERSONAL REASONS ARE FOR IT, DO MAINLY WANT TO
WATCH POLITICAL LIFE FROM THE SIDELINES NEED TO THINK OF WAYS TO BE USEFUL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR CAPABILITIES. I AM DOING A NEWS BLOG WHICH I HOPE WILL BE USEFUL. WE NEED TO ORGANIZE, COMMUNICATE, PLAN, GIVE MONEY, ABSOLUTELY VOTE IN
ELECTIONS AND JUST GENERALLY GET MOVING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, BECAUSE WE WILL ALL
BE NEEDED IN SOME WAY. IT’S A LONG HIKE UP THAT MOUNTAIN TO THE ENLIGHTENED
NATION THAT WE HOPE TO BE, OR TO THE GOAL OF SAVING THE EARTH'S LIFE SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTS TO REMAIN AT LEAST AS HEALTHY AS THEY ARE NOW.
HERE IS AN
EXCELLENT INTERVIEW BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS AND THE DES MOINES REGISTER ON ALL
THOSE SUBJECTS AND MORE.
Full interview:
Bernie Sanders meets with the Register's editorial board (12.6.19)
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Watch live as
presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont meets with the [DeMoines]
Register's editorial board on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/2RytrvF
Find complete
coverage of Sanders' campaign from the USA TODAY NETWORK here:
https://bit.ly/2W25ZG2
And complete
coverage on the lead-up to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses here: https://bit.ly/2Acgv52
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