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We gathered at noon at city hall to register our objection to unhinged violence and kleptomania at home and abroad. Despite the grim context the mood was festive. Mayor Ashcraft applauded the poetry and music enthusiastically, and when she spoke, she encouraged us to keep using our democratic rights to promote change. For example, by simply voting — mail in ballots make it so easy, and you don't need postage.
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| Her Honor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft |
She was well received. Two reasons she's popular are that Alameda is one of the few California cities to meet its new housing commitments; and that bike paths have been extended across the island. She also has points in common with Zohran Mamdani. Both are Arab-American mayors; advocate human rights for Palestinians; and receive significant Jewish support. After she spoke, I asked her honor for her impression of the event. She said she was happy to see so many people protesting constructively.
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I also talked to Brian, who wore an NRA hat and carried a big sign proclaiming "Sanctuary Cities Kill People." He hadn't come to make friends and told me that someone in the crowd had said they wished he was dead. Hmmm. He seemed relaxed in the company of those his Fรผhrer calls "radical left scum" (I object only to "scum"), and chatted amiably with me about how he sees the world (per Brian, the NRA is the country's oldest civil rights organization). We exchanged emails and agreed to enliven each others Facebook pages with some controversy.
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The homeless meal was provided at the warming shelter run by Christ Episcopal Church on Santa Clara and Grand. For the five coldest months of the year they coordinate meals every day, and provide laundry and showers once a week. They have approximately 25 beds, and when those are filled the homeless are directed to shelters in Oakland. No one could tell me what happened to the clientele during the 7 warmer months, or whether there was a welll-worn path to permanent housing.
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| Christ Episcopal Social Justice Coordinator with homeless guy applying for disability after a job injury |
Before serving, we Unitarians received a round of applause from the clientele for our lavish spread. After serv ing, we filled our own plates and ate with the homeless. I joined a half-dozen guys, one wearing a Raiders cap. The table talk was about why that team was perennially awful, and the prevalence of brain injuries in the NFL. A transcript of the conversation wouldn't show that the speakers deserve to be despised and ignored. Note to the resistance: they're relatable; part of resistance is acknowledging that they're part of us.
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Nice write up but with a couple of errors regarding Brian Kennedy. The death threat I received wasn’t one wishing I was dead ir was an actual physical threat from a TDS afflicted Nazi, leftist woman stating that if she could she would kill me. As far as the sign in addition to my “Sanctuary Cities Kill” I had on the flip side “Angel Families Support ICE.” One side had pictures of innocent Americans killed by illegal aliens in sanctuary cities and the other showed heartbreaking pictures of grieving Angel Families holding pictures of their slain loved ones. Two points on the sign: 1) There were “tolerant” leftists actively trying to block my signs from being viewed. So much for the lefts respect for free speech. 2) The reaction of normal people upon seeing those signs would be one of compassion for the victims and grieving Angel Families. At the protest the overwhelming reaction was rage and hate (with a lot of profanity). That says a lot about the hateful leftists of Alameda. Their TDS is so bad that they can’t even show compassion for grieving parents who’ve lost their loved ones to illegal aliens due to sanctuary cities. How ugly!
ReplyDeleteOh, and two more points. I don’t have a Fuhrer, I have a President. A President who defeated a completely unqualified, DEI, token candidate by a landslide. He’s quite an improvement over the previous incompetent Administration. And the NRA actually is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. They simply concentrate on the Second Amendment for the most part but have been known to protect the First Amendment too. They won a recent high court First Amendment case with the backing of (get this…) the ACLU. How about that? Just don’t tell the arch left Southern Poverty Law Center about it as they’ve got problems with the Justice Department for paying organizations like the KKK to stir up trouble so they can point fingers and label all Conservatives racist. Gotta love Karma.
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