Greetings fellow DailyKos readers,
I wanted to post this thought for y’all to consider immediately, as everything on everybody’s “agenda” will now be fighting for President-Elect Biden’s and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris’ time, focus and most importantly resources…
To be honest, while I am joyful that President-Elect Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris garnered more votes than any previous presidential candidates in American history, I am equally dismayed, though not surprised, that their opponent currently holds enough appeal to attract the second-most presidential voters in our nation’s rich, racist, sexist, xenophobic history.
However, this also informs me; it tells me that much work is left to start, much less to do. Armed with that information, and knowing I cannot be alone, my hope is that ideas like re-introducing House Resolution 40 will now be accepted by a larger audience at a moment like today. While the Senate is still in Republican hands, and probably will remain so, there is now the possibility of the White House getting directly involved, which ups the stakes for the Senate as we head into the next round of elections in 2022.
In pushing to re-introduce House Resolution 40, I see a small, but crucial step in this battle that President-Elect Biden referred to as “the battle for the soul of America,” which I read as the monumental, but attainable, goal of disempowering our centuries-young, ongoing, and self-destructive white supremacist doctrine in this, the country designed and built for White people. My next step is to ask, what say you, my fellow Americans?
That said, I will not have any time this afternoon to properly respond to any comments, as this just popped in my head while cleaning the house, a task left unfinished as I type.
However, I will try to peek in to see if anybody has seen this, or cares to comment, etc. So please post your personal feelings on the subject or any related matters, and please feel free to talk amongst yourselves.
Thank you for your time, and now that you’ve read and/or commented here, have a wonderful, relaxing weekend. If you can, take a minute to smell the autumn air. Finally!
On that note, I’ve posted below the song that’s been on my mind for the past month or so… feel free to dance, fools, DANCE!!!
Peace, Love & Resistance,
Erik
P.S. Funny thing, my spell-check is still marking “Kamala” as a misspelling. Wonder how long it will take to correct that lil’ glitch. I don’t think it flags John… nope, no red underlining there. As Arsenio made famous, Hmm… how ironic, it flagged him as well! (Right-Click, Add to Dictionary… fixed!)