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What did you do last Saturday?

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I admit it. I’m aching. Because two days ago, along with a slew of my fellow shul-mates, I walked from 16th & Jonquil Streets to 4th and Pennsylvania Avenue. I had forgotten that more than 7 mile trek was  going to be an uphill climb. (Yes, that made the return trip somewhat less troubling.)

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That’s their lie, not mine.

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Let’s be totally clear.  I don’t expect this bill to pass the House and the Senate.  At least not as it’s currently written.   But, y’all should know what are the current thoughts. (I’m being generous here, since so many have no idea what’s in this bill, and that’s for representatives from BOTH parties.  Note further that this was written on 2 November 2017.)

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It’s YOUR job!

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Tomorrow is election day.   For Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the City of New York, these are big days.  We (in Virginia) are going to elect new governors, as well as legislators that will make laws we will have to live with  for years, if not decades. And, that’s the point.  Too many of you (I have only missed one election- a primary that was held in March- since the first time I have been allowed to vote) only vote in Presidential elections.  Which means that you let other folks pick your Congresspersons and state officers- that pass rules with which you vehemently disagree.  Or let them move district boundaries to insure that their favorites get elected time and time again, or to insure the opposite party has no chance of gaining a seat. Krupika for Delegate! The bubble has burst on the American Dream. We have lost sight of our vision, our mission.   As President Clinton said, “If we become ideological, then we’re blind to evidence.”   So, I guess we are totally blind, because we have become inimically ideological.

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