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This is the stuff we should all be protesting Yes, I agree that this type of appointment deserves attention, but Republicans are completely in charge, and Demo
by finid 10y ago
This is the stuff we should all be protesting
Yes, I agree that this type of appointment deserves attention, but Republicans are completely in charge, and Democrats are not know for putting up a fight.
We're really screwed, because this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Imagine what happened during the Bush regime, then scale it up.
If you don't know what happened during that last Republican administration, here's a summary:
1. Statements by govt scientists had to be vetted by political appointees. Expect that to continue, because it's the same anti-science group that surrounds Trump.
2. Corporations were given free rein to do anything. The word regulation was taken out of their vocabulary. Expect more of the same. They're already talking about undoing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was put in place after the 2008 financial crisis.
3. Not a single anti-trust case was brought against any company. And this in an environment where these corporations where going gang-busters. This new gang is going to be even more "business-friendly."
- WheelsAtLarge 10y agoYes, Republicans are in charge but that does not mean they can't hear us. This "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish", Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863.
- diyorgasms 10y agoYou can't possibly believe that. The only thing they listen to is money. We're just serfs.
- WheelsAtLarge 10y agoI certainly believe it. Given enough voices anything can change. With your attitude, I would say Lemming, not serfs. <a href=" https://youtu.be/AOOs8MaR1YM?t=57">lemmings https://youtu.be/AOOs8MaR1YM?t=57">lemmings jumping off cliffs</a>
- kristjansson 10y agoDo you have happen to have reasonable sources for 1. ? That's going to hard to google...
- aroch 10y agoThis seem to sum it up https://web.archive.org/web/20080827140005/http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/02/62339 https://web.archive.org/web/20080827140005/http://www.wired....
- finid 10y agoActually, it's not hard to google. And the Bush administration's decision to tell residents of Lower Manhattan that the air in that area was save was the first decision of that kind. By the end of that administration, it was practically official policy.