Category Archives: politics

Time to Put the Sheepdog Narrative to Sleep

Posted on July 4, 2016 by jeffroby

— Rose Roby July 4, 2016 In May 2015, shortly after Sanders announced his run, the popular leftist blogger Bruce A. Dixon of Black Agenda Report, put out a piece that went viral throughout the anti-Sanders left blogosphere titled “Presidential … Continue reading →

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Wings over Philadelphia!

Posted on June 26, 2016 by jeffroby

“The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.” — Napoleon Our strength is inferior?  I already hear the cries of “Blasphemy!”  But if blasphemy it be, so be it. To put it most simply, we … Continue reading →

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On this Bloody Morning After …

Posted on June 8, 2016 by jeffroby

Yesterday (June 7) was a hard blow. Yes, our votes were stolen in so many ways. The last minute media barrage declaring Hillary the winner probably cost us many, many votes. We have had the weapons of the most powerful … Continue reading →

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Nevada Looms as Dress Rehearsal for Philadelphia

Posted on May 19, 2016 by jeffroby

  Article I. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to … Continue reading →

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There are no “Safe Choices”!

Posted on May 11, 2016 by jeffroby

With a sincere “thank you” to the January 1973 National Lampoon! The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes — Marat/Sade, act 1, … Continue reading →

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Now it’s War!

Posted on February 24, 2016 by jeffroby

It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today! And YOU have meddled … Continue reading →

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We will not be used!

Posted on January 7, 2016 by jeffroby

Millions have been energized, enlisted and mobilized into the Sanders campaign under the banner of the Political Revolution. But as Charlotte Corday sang in the play Marat/Sade, “change meant one thing to you I see / And something quite different … Continue reading →

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You say you want a Political Revolution

Posted on December 5, 2015 by jeffroby

well, you know … The Bernie Sanders message: “This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders. It’s about putting together a grassroots movement of Americans who stand up and say: ‘Enough is enough.’ This country and our government belong to all … Continue reading →

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But Now, God Knows, Anything Goes

Posted on November 14, 2015 by roseroby

“You liberals won the day. Now political reactionaries are taking over ‘cause you liberals won and anything goes.” — Dr. Fred Newman, 1996, from the play “What Is To Be Dead? (Philosophical Scenes)” When I first saw that play so … Continue reading →

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It was once called Armistice Day

Posted on November 11, 2015 by jeffroby

It was the day the killing stopped, 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of November, 1918. The killing had included 10 million soldiers and some 7 million civilians. At the front, there was no celebration … … Continue reading →

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