Thursday, July 30, 2020

As it should be...

FDA chief: Hydroxychloroquine use a decision between doctor and patient
Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Thursday declined to take a definitive stance on whether people should take hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, instead saying that decision should be made between a doctor and a patient.

“A doctor and a patient need to assess the data that’s out there, FDA does not regulate the practice of medicine, and that in the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship is where that decision should be made.”

Regardless of how the media has portrait this, or how Twitter and other social media platforms are misinforming people regarding hydroxychloroquine, the drug is not considered so dangerous that it has been banned from use by the FDA. At least not according to the FDA or their commissioner.

Ironically the idea that what happens between a doctor and a patient being an issue of privacy is the entire "legal" concept that the courts used to make a ban of abortion unconstitutional.

Certainly if it is unconstitutional for the government to get involved in that sort of doctor patient relationship, it would be equally unconstitutional for the government to say that hydroxychloroquine cannot be used when both a doctor and a patient believe it's a good idea. As long as the patient understands the risks involved (which are minor with hydroxychloroquine) they should be able to make that decision.

The drug was used during the previous Covid outbreak, it's been used here in the United States during the Covid-19 outbreak, and it's been used across the globe to a differing degree of success. We can argue ad nauseum about how effective it is, but the point is fairly moot considering how many medical procedures do not guarantee results. I am not quite sure why liberals in 2020 suddenly don't feel that the doctor patient relationship holds the same meaning as it always did in the past or why they feel the need to become downright angry and belligerent about this particular subject.

83 comments:

anonymous said...

Good.....suicide by consensus.....at least Hahn is a realist and if a patient wants to take the risk....who the fuck cares????? The efficacy at best is questionable. Sad there are soooo many dumb people like Lil Schitty who should mind his own business !!!!!

Myballs said...

My 83 year old mother in law already takes it for something else. It is not dangerous.

Anonymous said...



let the doctor - patient relationship rule the day.

gee, what a concept.

this should cause conniption fits and grand shopping mall seizures across the MSM.




Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Alien Sperm infection

C.H. Truth said...

Sorry Denny...

but nobody is dying from taking hydroxychloroquine... there are side effects (like most any drug anyone takes) and quite obviously people will stop taking the drug if they experience certain side effects that are worse than what they are being treated for.

Even during this particular outbreak tens of thousands of people have taken hydroxychloroquine around the globe, and last time I checked there was not a single person who was said to have died from hydroxychloroquine side effects.

Anonymous said...



Sad there are soooo many dumb people like Lil Schitty who should mind his own business !!!!!


you stupid fuck.

mind YOUR own business and let the doctors and patients mind theirs.

that's the fucking point you fucking retard.

C.H. Truth said...

Roger Amick said...
Alien Sperm infection


Sorry to hear that Rog... better tell your nurse that you've been raped by an alien. I am sure they have something to help you with the pain and suffering.

Perhaps you could even take some hydroxychloroquine, as I have heard many liberal suggest that like drinking bleach will cure Covid, it will help with Alien rape.

Myballs said...

Still waiting for dopey to tell us why apartment complex and trailer park are racist.


whistling.....

Anonymous said...



Blogger Roger Amick said...

Alien Sperm infection



dreaming of an 0linsky sperm injection, rog?

LOL.


Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Daily Kos

Hydroxychloroquine is just the carrot being dangled in front of workers as they’re forced back on the job, and their children are forced back into school without an option. It’s the promise that if they do get sick, there’s something that can be done about it. Unfortunately, it’s also an absolute lie.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Trump's doctor believes that Aliens can cure covin 45

Anonymous said...

Obama is the King Of Racist.
His speech just handed the Election to The President of the United States Donald Trump.

anonymous said...

MIL takes it for Lupus.......under proper supervision as an approved treatment.....

Sure dr ballz......I am sure there are lots of people looking at your opinion as gospel.......BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Anonymous said...

BOOM.
😃C.H. TruthJuly 30, 2020 at 2:42 PM

Roger Amick said...
Alien Sperm infection

Sorry to hear that Rog... better tell your nurse that you've been raped by an alien. I am sure they have something to help you with the pain and suffering.

Perhaps you could even take some hydroxychloroquine, as I have heard many liberal suggest that like drinking bleach will cure Covid, it will help with Alien rape."

Roger suffers from Bidenitis

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/obama-eulogizing-john-lewis-takes-aim-trump-over-voting-rights-n1235341?fbclid=IwAR2pxVGv6b3C4NVNISGYBrWdNurt8fEroyhXfZivwW2i2NeoFsnAEhQoa1c

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Doctor Fauci said that it is dangerous

Anonymous said...

Roger no worker is being forced to work.
However, the loss of a pay check, thier home, car, savings soon must follow.

C.H. Truth said...

Trump's doctor believes that Aliens can cure covin 45

Harold Nelson Bornstein (Trump's personal physician) believes that Aliens will cure Covid? Never heard that.

Can you provide a link where Dr Bornstein stated such...

or quit lying like an old codger who lost his marbles.

Anonymous said...



markos is an MD?

fuck.

who knew.

i thought he was just a garden variety douchebag hack like you alky.

see, this is the thing about you fucking assholes. there's nothing you won't politicize for political gain. it is absolutely logical for any person to work directly with their doctor regarding their own health. what a doctor prescribes to a patient is none of your fucking business, none of the MSM's fucking business, and none of the daily kos-suckers fucking business.

these are Trump supporters who support the use of HCQ, alky. if it kills them you should be glad.

the truth is you fear the fact that it's working. and Trump was right - AGAIN.

Myballs said...

How is it dangerous? It's already on the market. People have been taking it for years. Even elderly.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Fauci is but ONE doctor, who violated his own rules for everyone else.
With your many medical and self inflicted medical failures have you only been treated by ONE dr.?

Anonymous said...

Racist Obimbo showed his true colors today.
What a disgrace.

Anonymous said...



Doctor Fauci said that it is dangerous


phony fauci's very own NIH endorsed it to treat covid in 2005.

try squaring THAT circle for us alky.

C.H. Truth said...

Doctor Fauci said that it is dangerous

Dr Fauci approved the use of it for SARS, stated that Masks would not help, that we didn't have to stop travel from China, and that Covid was likely going to be gone by Memorial day....

Last time I checked, Dr Fauci was wrong about a lot of things. Moreover hydroxychloroquine is an FDA approved medication being prescribed by thousands of doctors all over the world for a wide variety of reasons (most having nothing to do with Covid).

If an epidemiologists suggest that a medical treatment that is outside his expertise is dangerous, while thousands of doctors who prescribe it within their own expertise do not believe it is dangerous...

Why would you listen to one doctor who is out of his element?

Anonymous said...

This worth watching.
Roger your issue. Don't run away, again.
"C.H. TruthJuly 30, 2020 at 2:56 PM

Trump's doctor believes that Aliens can cure covin 45

Harold Nelson Bornstein (Trump's personal physician) believes that Aliens will cure Covid? Never heard that.

Can you provide a link where Dr Bornstein stated such...

or quit lying like an old codger who lost his marbles.
"

anonymous said...


Sorry Denny...

but nobody is dying from taking hydroxychloroquine


Sorry Lil Schitty but once again you are FULL OF SHIT!!!!!!! A categorical statement like that just proves you are a know nothing asshole without a working brain!!!!!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mayo-clinic-cardiologist-inexcusable-ignore-hydroxychloroquine-side-effects-n1178776

Myballs said...

Dopey why are apartment complex and trailer park racist? You said they were. Don't run and hide like a pussy.

C.H. Truth said...

Well Denny..

Why don't you put yourself in full cardiac arrest because you now want to control what 327 million Americans and their doctors want to do in terms of their medical decisions.

Man... it must suck to be a liberal and be required to get so bent out of shape over everything that happens in the world. How can you possibly even sleep at night with all those horrors that the "bad orange man" is causing you.

Anonymous said...

"MyballsJuly 30, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Dopey why are apartment complex and trailer park racist? You said they were. Don't run and hide like a pussy"

The Three Socialist Karen's Of CHT suffer from the same problem. The inability to debate the topics they bring here.

anonymous said...

h said...
Doctor Fauci said that it is dangerous

Dr Fauci approved the use of it for SARS, stated that Masks would not help, that we didn't have to stop travel from China, and that Covid was likely going to be gone by Memorial day.

Hey Lil Schitty.....each of the items are abject lies.....BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/06/blog-posting/dont-fall-conspiracy-about-dr-anthony-fauci-hydrox/

God you will say anything to protect the fat assed trump!!!!! Sorry sport but fuck you and your fucking BULLSHIT LIES!!!!!

anonymous said...

Hey goat fucker.....Look up LeFrak city like I told the wantonly lazy ballz....Neither of you are smart enough to use the google machine for actual research....Sad you are such a dumb fucking basement dwelling asshole Trump was a slum lord in NY who was accused of discrimination by the govmt...Projects like LeFrak city are homes to many minorities in shitty conditions!!!

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

I can only assume that this stupid thread is Ch's desperate attempt to draw attention away from the excellent service for John Lewis that took place today and the excellent tributes given him by George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

Caliphate4vr said...

Man... it must suck to be a liberal and be required to get so bent out of shape over everything that happens in the world. How can you possibly even sleep at night with all those horrors that the "bad orange man" is causing you.

When you’re fat, sickly and in lockdown your life is being angry at those who aren’t

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Those of us who are tired of the inanities presented here can drop one thread down to more intelligent discussions of things that really matter.

And by the way, Dr. Fauci was Ch's hero until he simply kept right on insisting on talking genuine science and medicine rather than defending Trump's ludicrous propaganda.

anonymous said...

Of course it is James.....He is also pursuing the completely debunked HCQ works for the virus and lies about what Fauci did.....His desperation is most amusing as he spins like a drunken top!!!!!! Trumps is an ear worm stuck in what is left of his brain....maybe his child bride thinks he is smart since I certainly don't!!!!

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

That "bad orange man" of yours has become a world-wide laughing stock, Ch.

C.H. Truth said...

Hey Lil Schitty.....each of the items are abject lies.....BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

According the link, it would be a lie if I called hydroxychloroquine a cure or suggested that anyone (including Fauci) suggested it was either a cure or a vaccine.

I didn't suggest either.

I simply suggested that it was approved for use against the previous Covid outbreak by the CDC when Fauci was one of the main doctors at that point in time. There is nothing in your fact checking that disputes that...

It only disputes claims (which I have never heard) that Fauci believed 15 years ago that it was a cure for Covid-19 (which is a different strand of Covid).

It actually sort of admits that the drug (or the more basic chloroquine was approved for use against the previous Covid).


Which is the only point I have made. If hydroxychloroquine was not dangerous 15 years ago, I am not sure why it is suddenly dangerous today. Especially since tens of thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with it and nobody has actually "died" from the complications.

We can bicker and argue over whether or not it works... but it seems silly to call a drug that hasn't killed anyone, while attempting to treat a disease that has killed 673,000 people world wide to be "dangerous".


MOreover, I notice you do not dispute the fact that Fauci was telling people to go about their lives (when Trump was putting travel bans in place) and not worry about traveling... and has later admitted Trump was correct and saved thousands of lives with his travel bans.

I also noticed you didn't dispute the fact that Fauci previously claimed (just a few months ago) that masks didn't help to reduce the spread (and possibly would cause more spreading).

anonymous said...

Hey mouth of the south.....you feel more manly now?????? BWAAAAAAAA!!!! Probably 3 sheets to the wind after drinking all afternoon as evidence by your incoherent post!!! Nothing new there!~!!!!!

C.H. Truth said...

John Lewis

90% of Americans probably believe that John Lewis is the middle linebacker of the Green Bay Packers...

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

What follows is the kind of honesty that Ch now objects to:

Fauci yesterday--
"But I can tell you, you'd have to say it's not helpful if people get signals [from Trump] about not wearing masks when we are trying to get people to universally wear masks.

"My feeling about what we should do with masks is very very clearly understood by everyone including those in the White House," added Dr Fauci, who serves on the White House coronavirus task force and has directed the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.

Asked about Mr Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine - a drug Mr Trump himself says he took to ward off the virus - Dr Fauci said,
"We know that every single good study - and by good study I mean randomized control study in which the data are firm and believable - has shown that hydroxychloroquine is not effective in the treatment of Covid-19."
______________

So, Ch, do you and your wife wear masks?
And if you and/or she get Covid-19,
will you be using hydroxychloroquine to cure it or "ward it off"?

Simple questions. Could we have simple answers?

anonymous said...


I simply suggested that it was approved for use against the previous Covid outbreak....


THEIR WAS NO PREVIOUS COVID OUT BREAK THAT USED HCQ!!!!!!!! My link showed you to be full of shit....If you have that much trouble reading, I doubt any remedial courses can help you!!!!! IBTW....you dumb fuck...I disputed your whole post....obviously your ability to comprehend anything is questionable !!!!!!!!!!!!

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

I guess Ch can't get through his skull that a major reason why Americans trust Dr. Fauci FAR, FAR, FAR more than they trust Trump is because Fauci admits he has sometimes been wrong and corrects himself, whereas Trump just goes on lying. And lying. And lying.

Anonymous said...

Bitch dog Denise.

No thanks.

Anonymous said...

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Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

16 minutes after this information about the economy he went into a Tweet tirade

DEFLECTION!! Trump is just trying to make sure you don't pay attention to his colossal failures.

"Trump’s tweet came on a day of bad economic news and amid a dark political patch for his reelection effort.

The government reported Thursday that U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the April-June quarter, by far the worst quarterly plunge ever, as the coronavirus outbreak shut down businesses, threw tens of millions out of work and sent unemployment surging to 14.7%."

https://apnews.com/d203eaa406dc5e7362dfa9e33522195e
#VoteBlue2020

Anonymous said...




alky,

i want trump to be re-elected for no other reason than to watch your fucking head explode.


LOL.


Anonymous said...

🤣We had a relatively small population of–and we called it, at the time, Hispanic population, mostly Puerto Rican–American citizens already,” Biden said.

“But you know, the 2020 Census, which is now two censuses ago,”
😅

Biden goes back to the Future

Anonymous said...



John Lewis

90% of Americans probably believe that John Lewis is the middle linebacker of the Green Bay Packers...


really.

got his ass kicked on a bridge.

mooched off the taxpayers for 33 years.

it's no wonder 0linsky kissed his dead ass.

Anonymous said...

😅Germany’s Economy Shrinks 34.7% — Worse Than U.S.😅

Myballs said...

So Roger thinks the economy shutting down is a Trump failure. Damn, not even dopey is that stupid.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Trump was running on the economy growth rate.

The report says that we had the wrong economic decline in history.

Since the Great Depression

Commonsense said...

"We know that every single good study - and by good study I mean randomized control study in which the data are firm and believable - has shown that hydroxychloroquine is not effective in the treatment of Covid-19."

As far as I know, there is no such study that shows it's not effective.

C.H. Truth said...

Fauci admits he has sometimes been wrong

Do you have an example of him admitting he was wrong about anything?

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Yes. Here, for example (although his "mistake" was based on faulty information he received).

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/fauci-says-us-given-inaccurate-information-about-virus-right-beginning

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Donald Trump has never been anything special. He’s not a businessman. He is a born-wealthy, undisciplined, undereducated know-it-all. He’s never really had businesses, he’s had Hobbies. Expensive, poorly executed hobbies. The reason he fails so frequently is due to his short attention span. His wife, Ivana had the business-savvy that Donald lacks. She was the stabilizer behind the early days of his hotels and casinos.

He gets a wild hair, starts a venture (pays too much for it), loses interest. He leaves no structure in place to manage his hobbies successfully when he moves on. Thus, bankruptcy.

He’s desperate to put his name on things. Monuments to himself. As President, or should I say ‘acting’ President he is barely even a human being, let alone a functioning one. Because his name is well known, uninquisitive people think they know him. Because his name is on businesses and his face is everywhere they assume he is successful.

Donald Trump fears obscurity. Fears falling out of the public eye and for 4 years he’s placed himself in the most glaring spotlight the World offers.

We won’t forget him. But not for the reason he wishes. When November comes; I have no doubt that his Fans, also undereducated, will rally to him out of ignorance, stubbornness and racism. But Trump has done what many of them say they wanted: to shake things up. He did, and we learned a difficult lesson.

I’ve not seen a hint of remorse or genuine concern for COVID victims. He’s wealthy, he’ll die wealthy and the rest of us be damned. I trust in the goodness of most Americans to set this matter to rights. I think we should embrace a feeling of hopefulness and pending victory. And we should continue to move forward with love and caring towards our fellows. That’s a winning strategy.
byJake

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Trump has never said that I am wrong.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

When Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Fauci if he believes China or the World Health Organization "misled" him or if the WHO leader himself could have been "deceived," Fauci noted that while he does not know the details behind the inaccurate information, it was disseminated from the start of the crisis.

"You know I don't know where the missteps went, the only thing I know what the end result was, that early on we did not get correct information," Fauci said. "And the incorrect information was propagated right from the beginning because you know when the first cases came out, that were identified I think on December 31st in China and we became aware of this, they said this was just animal to human period."

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"Now we know retrospectively that there was ongoing transmission from human to human in China, probably at least a few weeks before then," he said.

Fauci said once the illness hit the U.S. it became evident "that was misinformation right from the beginning."

He added that "whosever fault that was, you know, we're gonna go back and take a look at that when this is all over, but clearly it was not the right information that was given to us."

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

https://www.facebook.com/1673767152/posts/10215236887270177/

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

He added that "whosever fault that was, you know, we're gonna go back and take a look at that when this is all over, but clearly it was not the right information that was given to us."

Anonymous said...

Roger, it was you that stated this Election was not going to be about the economy.
Why the change?

Anonymous said...

Alky you fuck up , again

"The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed."

Funny, everything about you is "broken".

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

KD is the most worthless commentator (if you can call him that) on these pages. He just blathers and blathers.

Ignore him. I do.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

https://apnews.com/d203eaa406dc5e7362dfa9e33522195e

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Kput'z is a fucking idiot.

All he does is insult me or you

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

He's a stupid idiot

Anonymous said...

🤣@Jane and his boi bride Alky.

Anonymous said...

Susan Rosenberg is a convicted terrorist, Pardon by Slick Willie is raising money for another terrorist group, BlackLiesMatter.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The President is obsessed President Obama.

Trump had his public schedule clear through mid-afternoon Thursday — right up until his predecessor Barack Obama was about to take the dais at civil rights leader John Lewis’ funeral, when suddenly, reporters and cameras were called into the Oval Office.

The White House denied there was any attempt to “counter-program” Obama’s widely anticipated remarks by creating a competing news event. “This meeting has been scheduled for weeks. That’s a disgusting question, by the way", said the spokesman.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The liar in Chief

In May, Trump falsely claimed that California will send mail-in ballots to “anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there” and “people that aren’t citizens.” California plans to send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for the November general election, due to the potential threat of COVID-19.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/the-presidents-trumped-up-claims-of-voter-fraud/?fbclid=IwAR3lJ6b1cUSgOBjq-Ayyn7pkb_u7QlvplcQN3TvJV-Uy6DyFCNfDkgJWH20

Anonymous said...

Funny thing about the butt hurt twins(frail James and broken Alky), you two cowards attempt to insult me, yet when I use facts of your lives to give it back, you two cry.

Anonymous said...

Since rioting in person is ok. So is voting in person.

So worried about Pedo Biden losing,.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

From a friend. I agree 100%


George Bush was a terrible President in my judgement. But compared to tRump, he is a Choir-Boy. He is directly responsible of the death of many soldiers, and the financial disaster of 2008. It was the Obama/Biden combo that got the country out of that disaster! Still,,,,compared to the "Mad-King" in the White House destroying this country at every turn, I give him a pass!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Trump's base is mostly of older white men.

By trying to keep people from voting by mail. Most of them are at the risk of getting infected by the COVID-45 and dying

Because he's incapable of feeling sympathy for anyone but himself

Anonymous said...

Roger, is your dream of owning a big home, having a large bank and owning a Audi A8, really just so very, very unattainable that it leads you to suicidal thoughts, again.

Every thing in my post was said BY Roger Amick.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Trump is going to go crazy

A federal appeals court in Washington will take a second look at a judge’s effort to scrutinize the Justice Department’s decision to drop its case against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed Thursday to revisit U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan’s plan to examine the politically charged matter, reviving the unusual case testing the limits of the judiciary’s power to check the executive branch.

The court’s brief order set oral arguments for Aug. 11. The decision to rehear the case before a full complement of judges wipes out the June ruling from a three-judge panel that ordered Sullivan to immediately dismiss the case and said Sullivan was wrong to appoint a retired federal judge to argue against the government’s move to undo Flynn’s guilty plea.

In May, Sullivan refused to go along with the government’s request to end the criminal case against Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador in Washington before Trump took office in 2017.

Barr has been helping the President, instead of being the Secretary of Justice

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Shut up kput'z

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Once again

In the memory of John Lewis, sing this song today.

We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid, TODAY


John Lewis was a great American hero

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

If you heard Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama speak today at John Lewis' memorial service, you had to be struck by their statesmanship, their ability to speak to people, and reach out to their hearts and souls. In particular, Barack Obama was so eloquent and inspiring in defense of our democracy that I'm ready to fight for it with everything I've got.

President Obama spoke of the efforts of the Trump Administration, their Senate Republican enablers, and Republican-led states to corrupt our voting system and deny Americans - particularly minorities - their right to vote. He spoke of the tragic misuse of federal power to rain destruction upon peaceful protesters. He spoke of the push to delay ar even negate the November election. And he told us that we are in the fight of our lives to preserve our democracy.

President Obama called upon all of us to fight back with all of our might to protect the rights that John Lewis fought and nearly died for. We cannot just watch the debacle that Trump has wrought. We cannot let him destroy decades of progress in guaranteeing the equal rights of all Americans. We must be prepared for the fight of our lives... and it is!

Anonymous said...

Yawn

Anonymous said...

Roger, your Facebook Melt Down was Epic.
Really.
at 69 Your dreams are so pathetic.

Roger, is your dream of owning a big home, having a large bank and owning a Audi A8, really just so very, very unattainable that it leads you to suicidal thoughts, again.

Every thing in my post was said BY Roger Amick.

Anonymous said...
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Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The last real President.

Bull Connor may be gone. But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans. George Wallace may be gone. But we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. We may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here, there are those in power are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting — by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision, even undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots so people don’t get sick.

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Now, I know this is a celebration of John’s life. There are some who might say we shouldn’t dwell on such things. But that’s why I’m talking about it. John Lewis devoted his time on this Earth fighting the very attacks on democracy and what’s best in America that we are seeing circulate right now.

He knew that every single one of us has a God-given power. And that the fate of this democracy depends on how we use it; that democracy isn’t automatic, it has to be nurtured, it has to be tended to, we have to work at it, it’s hard. And so he knew it depends on whether we summon a measure, just a measure, of John’s moral courage to question what’s right and what’s wrong and call things as they are. He said that as long as he had breath in his body, he would do everything he could to preserve this democracy. That as long as we have breath in our bodies, we have to continue his cause. If we want our children to grow up in a democracy — not just with elections, but a true democracy, a representative democracy, a big-hearted, tolerant, vibrant, inclusive America of perpetual self-creation — then we are going to have to be more like John. We don’t have to do all the things he had to do because he did them for us. But we have got to do something. As the Lord instructed Paul, “Do not be afraid, go on speaking; do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” Just everybody’s just got to come out and vote. We’ve got all those people in the city but we can’t do nothing.

Like John, we have got to keep getting into that good trouble. He knew that nonviolent protest is patriotic; a way to raise public awareness, put a spotlight on injustice, and make the powers that be uncomfortable.

Like John, we don’t have to choose between protest and politics, it is not an either-or situation, it is a both-and situation. We have to engage in protests where that is effective but we also have to translate our passion and our causes into laws and institutional practices. That’s why John ran for Congress thirty-four years ago.

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Like John, we have got to fight even harder for the most powerful tool we have, which is the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is one of the crowning achievements of our democracy. It’s why John crossed that bridge. It’s why he spilled his blood. And by the way, it was the result of Democratic and Republican efforts. President Bush, who spoke here earlier, and his father, both signed its renewal when they were in office. President Clinton didn’t have to because it was the law when he arrived so instead he made a law that made it easier for people to register to vote.

Anonymous said...



Blogger Roger Amick said...

Once again

In the memory of John Lewis, sing this song today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF3aPT7C51Y