I Know Something You Don't Know

his people wait for their own "White Knight", or knight of any color. Enduring the bottom rung and all the feet that step thereupon.

I'm glad you've joined. You're among friends.

Never Give Up.

the Only.

Get back in there and give them hell!

Although I wouldn't mind seeing you behind the desk in the Oval Office...one can dream.

Although I live in Chicago, I'm not in the 2nd Congressional District (my Congressperson is Danny Davis, who is running unopposed).

Jesse Jackson, Jr. is going to win his primary race easily, at least according to polls his own campaign released yesterday, in which he is ahead of Halvorson 59 to 23. So I think we can rest easy. He has the endorsements of Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Governor Pat Quinn. His constituents are sticking by him, even women (very much so). The people of the 2nd District are going to be voting for him.

http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2012/03/13/jackson-jr-poll-has-him-crushing-halvorson

Still, I guess I can help by reminding my son and daughter-in-law, who live in his district, to vote for him on Tuesday.

You're the only one so far...as I'm a senior citizen on a fixed income and have to be very choosey who I donate to. I plan on giving some to Elizabeth Warren as soon as I can...but you are my first and only so far! The best of luck to you and all the Dems in the upcoming election. I hope you check here often.

I'm in NW Connecticut and I donated to Alan a few months ago. I am going to do the same for Elizabeth.

And get the bumper stickers. All progressives though out the country must do what ever they can to help.

-90% Jimmy

I'm going to get one for "My dog rides in the car"...with a pic. of my dog. I'm also going to have a few made for some relatives who have dogs. If I give them to them...I'm sure they will sport them too.

I didn't want to put an Obama sticker on my car for fear some light weight fool might deface my car. But A doggie sticker shouldn't rate such ire...at least I hope not!

Posting my outrage on DU is pretty much ineffective preaching to the choir that I share with my peers in this liberal bubble.

So, I try to do other things to be an activist for PROGRESSIVE and ANTI-FASCIST causes. Like bumper stickers. I use bumper sticker sightings a a gauge for public awareness of our descent into "Gilded Age 2.0, this time it's with i-pads."

And my bumper stickers stand for what I believe and I just got a new Ford Ranger this past January (a left over 2011, with decent rebates and it's been discontinued, and it's got 4wd and a decent v6 and sirius and extended cab and elec windows and locks, and fog lites, BUT NO FUCKING CRUISE CONTROL! I didn't want 4wd, but the 2wd choices on the lot were too sterile and under gizmo'ed for me) My preceding Ranger was bought in 2003 and I plastered it with bumper stickers about stuff I feel strongly about - both "current events", Frank Zappa, and nitro cars. It was pretty caustic, as I felt what the GWB traitors were doing to our entire country was pretty caustic also.

I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THREATS OR VANDALISM in the entire EIGHT YEARS I has those stickers on, until they literally wore out.

It concerned my wife about getting into confrontations with people that did not share my views. Well, you know FUCK IT. I'm 57, I've got to do what I can and stand for something! Republicans, or conservatives, or LOW INFORMATION VOTERS may threaten me, but, screw it, I ain't going through any part of the rest of my life in fear of these ignorant dittoheads!

I regret that I have only one nicely finished deep blue metallic 2011 Ranger to give for my country!

And I hope to travel to an Occupy Protest or two this spring. ("I will love everyone. I will love the cops as they kick the shit out of me in the street." - lyrics to Flower Punk - FZ and the MOI, 1968) Probability speaking, the worst I can fear about doing such things is getting arrested for a long time w/o access to a bathroom with a lot of privacy! I don't like an audience when I pee!

I can also fear some gestapo-cop beating me and breaking bones or teeth. Or pepper spray. Or beanbag shot. Or rubber bullets. Or circulatory complications from the tie wraps they use for handcuffs these days. Or being herded into a free speech zone some distance from the intended protest.

Once again, our young people are fighting our wars. I can enlist to serve OWS simply by figuring out how to get the 100 miles to Wall Street and back home over a weekend. I have friends that know how to travel to and into NYC.

Lastly, I look for like minded bumper stickers, or even any at all, and MY guess, to pull stats out of thin air, that perhaps 1% of ALL CARS ON THE ROAD near me have any indication on their vehicles of any activism at all! I take that as things will get worse and the 1% has us in the Bottom 99% BY THE FUCKING BALLS. We're sheep getting the type of government we deserve!

As Zappa once said, with regard to his musical output and how he could do it; "First, don't stop. Second, keep going." This is a generational struggle and showing up in person for one or two protests ain't going to do it. I plan to remain active until they pry my bumper stickers from my cold dead hands!

My in-progress bumper sticker, that needs polish, is:

OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE INFESTED WITH GREEDY AND CORRUPT SOCIOPATHS

I need less words to appeal to LOW INFORMATION VOTERS, and this can be condensed to :

OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE INFESTED WITH SOCIOPATHS

But, this isn't as concise, as I suspect there's plenty of sociopaths out there that may not be greedy and corrupt.

-90% Jimmy

Why the hell not?

maybe we'd actually get something done for someone other than the 1%.

We're the ONLY ones who are UNABASHEDLY and UNASHAMEDLY on the the side of the working class. And always have been. It's our raison d'etre.

but liberals would do well to realize we're not the enemy and we may even be useful at times.

And I've volunteered to be the red menace boogeyman if it will help get moderate legislation enacted.

I just sent a modest donation, as I have before... Give 'em hell !

And keep up the good work!

If we could have a few hundred more Alan Graysons in Congress (to quote a song) what a wonderful world it would be, indeed!

Thank you.

when they were both in 8th grade. I even remember seeing his pic in the yearbook, and he was a really cute little fellow. I think he and my brother were even pretty good friends (though I wouldn't be able to find out anything now, since he and I haven't spoken in nearly 20 years).

And gimme a break about those Democratic Caucus Meetings. I'm pretty sure you guys hold seances to conjour the spirits of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin for guidance in your nefarious plottings.

Just my two cents and that's with inflation. lol

he has a conscience and a sense of responsibility. Thanks for highlighting that.

They should chill and then serve with milk!

cold pizza sammich!
2 frosty slices pressed together in a love fest of chilly pizzanality
if you have 2 different pizzas then your pizza sammich options are doubled!

...a chilled pepperoni hot pocket.

That's some serious pizza. Have you tried Mylanta?

if orlando ever lets you go again please consider a move to the space coast?
we could use a little new thinking over here

I was a little worried about you, after reading the story about the car accident.