With the recent stacking of the Supreme Court and overturning of Roe vs. Wade and gun protections in New York, I was reminded that these events all happened because just enough people of the left spent the 2016 general election campaign trashing Hillary Clinton and either not voting or voting third party that an amoral […]
Vote Blue No Matter Who
June 30th, 2022 · 1 Comment · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics
Tags: Bernie Sanders·Brian on YouTube etc.·Democratic Party·Elizabeth Warren·Hillary Clinton·Joe Biden·Supreme Court
Brian Meets Biden
December 31st, 2020 · 10 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
From Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy: Adventures in Politics 1980 – 2020 From the chapter — “Fun & Loving on the Campaign Trail 2020 — A Prankster’s Primary”. . The next day — Tuesday, February 4th, the day following the night of the Iowa caucus vote-counting debacle — I pulled off three rallies: Biden, Tulsi […]
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Things You Can Do Beyond Voting
October 14th, 2020 · 11 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics
Yes — you can Vote — and maybe you’re already one of the record-shattering 11 million who’ve cast their ballot — but here’s some other fun cool proactive things you can do —> Talk to your friends and neighbors and make sure they’ve got a plan to vote. https://howto.vote/ Check to make sure you’re registered […]
Tags: Democrats Abroad·Joe Biden·Kamala Harris·voting
Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy intro chapter
September 30th, 2020 · 16 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics
A lot of people got discouraged during 2016 — first the Berners supporting Sanders in the primary, then most of the nation with “the perfect storm” of the November electoral college disaster. Twice in my lifetime has this antiquated 1700s electoral college voting concept resulted in the loser of the vote becoming President. And both […]
Tags: Andrew Yang·Bernie Sanders·David Amram·Gary Snyder·George Walker·Granny D·Grateful Dead·Joe Biden·John Anderson·Locke McCorkle·Nancy Pelosi·Phil Lesh
Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy
February 29th, 2020 · 6 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
FRIDAY NIGHT DEBATE NIGHT Friday February 7th was the big nationally televised Democratic debate from Manchester. I tried every angle to get tickets, but even longtime plugged-in politicos told me they were shut out. Made me feel a smidge better. The obvious thing was to go to the DoubleTree Hotel in Manchester. Manchester’s the main […]
Tags: Amy Klobuchar·Andrew Yang·Bernie Sanders·Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·Chris Hayes·David Corn·Democratic Primary·Elizabeth Warren·Joe Biden·Joy Reid·Michael Bloomberg·Michael Moore