A Marine, a mom and running for the US Senate to unseat McConnell

I contributed to the EXCELLENT former Marine Amy McGrath and saw her on Larry O'Donnell last evening. They showed clips of the debate between Amy and McConnell. Amy was light years better than Mitch McConnell who has had 36 years in that office and could say nothing in response to her poignant opinions and accusations. If Kentucky misses this opportunity to get a WONDERFUL, senator to represent them who will be I hope Amy McGrath then it will be a shame of the highest proportion.

McConnell seems out of touch and smiled at inappropriate times when the subject matter was serious and not the least bit funny. It is clear he is bought by the corporate sludge that occupies most of the Republican Party in Washington and even in the states. I urge, if you can, to contribute to her campaign or one may cold call for it (call her campaign headquarters to find out how) and if you are or know a Kentuckian tell them to get out the vote for her. She will not disappoint.

 

Proud Boys? Extremely violent -- Tilling the soil

 

Huffington Post:  All the President's Men

  Mugshots of the 13 men belonging to paramilitary groups like Proud Boys who were arrested last week related to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat   https://www.huffpost.com/.../maga-terror-trump-militias_n...

My Comment: What turns human beings into vicious violent gun loving white supremacist killers? What turns men (mostly) into those who do not have an empathetic or humane bone in their body and would kill other human beings solely based on the color of their skin or for other superficial and fatuous reasons? They are an enigma to me.

I believe that the human condition is helped by those who care for and about one another. I believe this nation is the powerhouse it is because of its diversity and not despite it. This nation draws talent from all around the world and whose collection plate is full of talented, contributing and productive persons linked by a common American culture they share, marked sometimes by a uniqueness of their own cultural origin.

I believe that empathy and compassion advance humanity not detract from it. What does constant conflict and civil war do to a culture? It destabilizes everything, destroys and kills so that nothing can advance beyond a heap of rubble. Simply look at nations that have been in constant conflict and civil war like Syria, Iraq and so many other nation states. They stagnate, create little and destroy much if not everything. People are paralyzed by civil war and live in a state of constant fear and rage for years if not generations.

I believe love trumps hate and compassion trumps cruelty. Let us use our human resources to make the nation better. Let us protect and advance our own condition collectively for the nation, for those about whom we care and for those whom we love. These groups of haters have been among us historically but Trump in our time has given them voice to advance solely his own purpose. These fascist like groups are dangerous, they are violent and they are threatening to democracy. They grow in a soil poisoned by hate. Let us till the soil with love and compassion to reap a bountiful harvest of plenty for us all.