From Your Local Art & Poetry Blogger and Political Analyst – St Matthews 40207 (for the Nextdoor social network crowd)
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Most Recent Politics Post: Navigating Political Tensions: What Lies Ahead
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“The post discusses concerns about proposed political appointments and the potential for violence and extremism amidst contemporary political tensions. It reflects on troubling incidents, social media reports, and broader fears while questioning the motivations of various political figures. Ultimately, it suggests a complex landscape where not all authoritarian figures may embrace genocidal ideologies.”
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this seems to me to encompass both the nearly passed but failed Equal Rights Amendment from the 70s for women and men as well as anatomical, chromosomal, cosmetic, psychological and any other elements of differently gendered identities and phenomena including unusual sex chromosomes, intersex characteristics and more common non-binary and transgender experiences. ….. said the cishet white male he/him. I certainly wouldnt object if anyone ever referred to me as a they for any reason though… but I am also not a constitutional scholar or any variety of lawyer. neither were most of the framers….
It also circumvents debates and precedents about corporate or animal personhood, cases such as those in ?australia or new zealand? where a river was determined to have enforceable rights (unsure how it handled any references to legal ‘personhood’), and hypotheticals such as artificial intelligence or extraterrestrial alien rights.
Image Side of Flyer:
“10/29/2024 was the 50th anniversary of women gaining the right to have mortgages, business loans, and credit cards in their own names.”
[proposed 28th amendment to the US Constitution]:
“The free practice of medicine being necessary to the security of a free state, the rights of patients and doctors to choose their care shall not be infringed.” [[ also see note above with flyer images ]]
[proposed 29th amendment to the US Constitution]:
“The equal treatment of human people being necessary to the security of a free state, the rights of children and adults of any variety of gender identity shall not be infringed.”
[Postcard Artwork Text]:
[Top Left Block] “Science – Future – Rule of Law – Truth – Freedom – Democracy – Public Goods” [Top Right Block] ” ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick – you will go far. – T. Roosevelt, POTUS #26 [Bottom Left Block] “Break Glass in Case of Emergency” [Bottom Right Block] “Builders of the Future – Champions of Democracy – Caretakers of the Earth – Pioneers of Human Freedom – Cultivators of Ordinary Brilliance” [Drawing in Big Circular Text] “Daughters * Sons * Heroes * Voters * Neighbors * Humans * Citizens * Residents” [Center Text] “Victory 2024! – VOTE!” With drawing of purple-haired woman swinging a pencil into ballot bubble that says ‘VOTE!’ with circular blast / glass shatter / radiant illumination line drawing.
Text Side of Flyer:
“I vote because I want to protect the freedom and rights of myself, those I care about, and everyone else. I vote because I want a rule of law not of whim, violence, intimidation and oppression. I vote because I want a functional government, rights as a worker, clean air and water, food that isn’t poisoned, public schools, working utilities, and a peaceful public and international order. I vote because I believe in the good intentions of myself, my neighbors, fellow citizens, fellow non-citizen residents and visitors, and I believe our collective self-determination is a better way to order our communities and get along with and take care of one another than authoritarian power over by a few.” -me one votefwd.org letter to registered voters, handwritten [this or 2nd, below], somehow got added almost unchanged as one of several sample fill texts for handwritten part of voteforward.org letters in their online dashboard
“I vote because all those of us who are able to have a responsibility. To the best we reasonably can, I aspire to be one of the builders of a great collective future, a champion of democracy, a caretaker of the Earth, a pioneer of human freedom, and a cultivator of ordinary brilliance. I believe we do this better by voting to collectively decide than by outsourcing it to those who would happily take our choices from us. I vote to safeguard and strengthen our sciences, rule of law, access to truth, exercise of freedom, right of democracy, and investments in public goods.” – Goals: https://cooperdozier.com – me on my second batch of letters for Vote Forward letters to registered voters with wording expanded from text on front of my postcards
Don’t know who the speaker introducing Jill Biden is but she has very good words! ::: “I am here with you all today not only to welcome the First Lady to Madison, but also to emphasize that you are the biggest influencer in your community. It wasn’t political ads that changed my mind, it was the conversations I had with the people in my circles. We have just a few weeks left to talk to everyone we know about what’s at stake in this election. Knock on doors. Reach out to people you wouldn’t normally talk about politics with, online and in person. You have the power to show those around you how the personal is political. You know what matters to them in their daily lives, and you can connect it to the values and policies that we are fighting for up and down the ballot. I know this works because it worked on me.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TfBaGUpH9w
Unpassed (So Far) Equal Rights Amendmendent for women and men: // // // [ Introduced to Congress: 1923 ::: Passed: by Congress 1971 ::: Ratified by Enough States: Needs Deadline Extension or Failed] // // // “ARTICLE — // // // “Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. // // // “Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. // // // “Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment
30th Amendmendent: Something on Privacy – haven’t done wording yet – Don’t allow them to call a ‘constitutional convention’ as some have been trying get enough state legislatures to vote for without any deadline for decades
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/10/10/a-constitutional-convention-would-supercharge-project-2025/
https://www.commoncause.org/work/stopping-a-dangerous-article-v-convention/
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