Don’t Buy Anything!
Today’s update is going to be short as I have about fifteen minutes to type before needing to leave for this morning’s doctor’s appointment. We’ve talked about today’s economic blackout all month, and now it’s here. Naturally, there are those who are casting doubt on whether the blackout will have any effect. The answer lies in how many people actually participate. Don’t buy gas. Don’t shop online. Don’t eat fast food. Necessities only. What’s important here is not the degree to which we ‘hurt’ any industry, but the show of force we demonstrate. Be sure that Washington is watching. We have to not only be strong, but very, very loud.
A total of 1,300 people were fired from NOAA yesterday. You know, the people who forecast weather and such. This impacts everything from air travel to crop growing. While you may not think much about your local weather forecast, what we don’t realize is the critical role NOAA plays in making sure airplanes dodge the weather systems we can’t see from the ground. Their work is also critical in helping states prepare for major weather disasters, and after last year’s rough hurricane season, it’s frightening to think what might slip through the cracks.
It’s looking more and more as if we’re going to need a Civil Rights Campaign 2.0. Yesterday, the Department of Education quite loudly announced the opening of an anti-DEI portal where people can complain about DEI initiatives in their schools. Nevermind that a federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful. At the same time, Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections. Similar bills are pending in other Republican dominated states. Most SCOTUS watchers seem sure that the Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case. Women’s roles in the workplace were already underfire and getting worse.
The challenge is to find a tough-wrangler personality like the late Lyndon Baynes Johnson who, despite his personal vulgarities, was willing to literally wrap his hands around a Congressperson’s throat to get the Civil Rights Act passed. I don’t see anyone currently in the mix who has those kind of balls. Democrats need a leader who’s ferocious as a pitbull that’s been chained and under fed. This is no time to be nice about anything.
I’m out of time. Remember: DON’T BUY ANYTHING TODAY! We have to make a stand.
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