PolishingTheGates

PolishingTheGates https://www.dailykos.com/news/PolishingTheGates News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:59:27 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:59:27 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) What Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Didn't Say, Yesterday https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/12/1344289/-What-Missouri-Governor-Jay-Nixon-Didn-t-Say-Yesterday It’s been more than three months since 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson; more than six weeks since many in the public first heard and/or read reports concerning possible <a href="https://privacysos.org/node/1537">state-sponsored surveillance</a> (at all levels of our government) and <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336187/-Greenwald-Why-Privacy-Matters-PrivacySOS-Why-Privacy-Matters-In-Ferguson-Missouri">behind-the-scenes, Stasi-like security crackdowns targeting protest leaders</a> in Ferguson, Missouri; and, for more than a month, the world’s been listening to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/07/us-usa-missouri-shooting-plans-idUSKCN0HW1TF20141007">not-so-tacitly threaten the small St. Louis suburb’s residents</a> that there would be <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/03/1341226/-AP-Exclusive-Ferguson-no-fly-zone-was-deliberate-FPD-effort-to-obstruct-media-coverage-of-protests">substantial government forces facing-off against any potential protestors</a> should violence erupt upon the potential announcement of a failure of the since-empanelled grand jury to indict Wilson for the murder of Brown. Over the past 24 hours, almost as if he was continuing to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/08/ferguson-protest-leaders-rally-new-york-michael-brown-shooting">goad the locals in Ferguson into violent social protest</a>, Governor Nixon held a news conference (from Page A14, in today's/Wednesday's NY Times)... rss@dailykos.com (bobswern) CrashingTheGates DarrenWilson Dissent Drones FergusonMissouri GovernmentOppression InstitutionalizedRacism InvertedTotalitarianism MichaelBrown MilitarizationofPolice PoliceState PoliceViolence PolishingTheGates PoliticalActivism Racism Recommended SocialOppression SocialProtest SurveillanceState violenceinAmerica _1344289 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:51:32 +0000 Moving on... https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/3/14/1284864/-Moving-on I have to admit that it bothered me to see the leadership of this blog trying to talk out of both sides of their mouth by claiming that they were both a site dedicated to electing more and better Democrats, and also a progressives-friendly environment. Long ago it became clear to me that the "electing more and better Democrats" mission was a euphemism for really being a Party mouthpiece, which allows for "some" dissenting voices as long as they're within a certain "spectrum" of acceptability--to the Party establishment. To me, personally, I thought it important that there was no ambiguity about the real and true nature of this blog, especially if we are going to stick to the notion that this is a reality-based community. I now feel that there is no ambiguity, that the leadership of this blog has clearly shown that what they are indeed is a mouthpiece of the corrupt corporatist Democratic party establishment. Therefore, I'll be moving on and will continue writing for progressive readers. My take is that folks will soon find out that choosing to stand with the corrupt corporatist Democrats was a mistake, a self-defeating (and self-serving) attitude which will turn out to be choosing to stand on the wrong side of history. There are lots of people here whom I've come to respect and value, including OPOL, LaFeminista, bobswern, 3rdOption, DeadHead, TheMomCat, lunachikie, and literally hundreds of others.  Your presence here made the rest of the nonsense tolerable. Those who want to stay in touch, you know <a href="http://www.raypensador.com">where to find me</a>.  I'll be sending a weekly newsletter starting this weekend.  My first essay: "Polishing The Gates." Ray Pensador rss@dailykos.com (Ray Pensador) Meta PolishingTheGates Recommended _1284864 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:01:27 +0000