Went to the protest yesterday in D.C. There was one in every state capital. My friends thought the turnout was okay. I thought it was anemic, myself.
Maybe the Make America Healthy Again Commission will stir people action. Here’s something that I am wagering will put a lot of people, especially parents, on alert.
“Seventy-seven percent of young adults do not qualify for the military based in large part on their health scores.”
Okay, so that’s the reason. Forget all the other crap surrounding it. They want to build a war machine with other people’s kids, because it damn sure isn’t going to be Barron Trump out there in the frontlines.
And here’s where they come for the mental health and obesity meds, section 5, item iii:
“…assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs”
Wormhead RFK, Jr. has already put forth the preposterous notion of creating “camps” where people can go to “work off” their substance and alcohol use disorder. Yeah, no. I will lay money he’s on Suboxone and lying through his teeth about his own treatment, but beyond that, while the very notion of any kind of “camp” coming out of this regime (and let’s call it what it is, a regime, not an adiministration) is terrifying, doing that for substance and alcohol use disorder is absolutely absurd from a medical point of view.
Folks, I’m going to say this bluntly: If you’re complacent, you’re complicit. Sitting back and letting other people do the hard work of trying to preserve some semblance of democracy in this country isn’t going to fly. Nag your elected officials. Bombard the White House with correspondence. Post on your socials. SHOW UP.
Your next chance to take action is the Nationwide Economic Blackout on Friday, February 28. No Amazon, WalMart, or BestBuy. In fact, I wouldn’t buy anything that day unless it was from a small, independent business, preferably Black- or woman-owned.
Your next chance to stand up and say something is Stand Up for Science, which will likely be on Friday, March 7. Take the day off and show up.
Nah, I’m not couching this like “do what you can.” I’m couching this like “do what you should.” Most of us have not had to see a draft. Most of us have not engaged in combat. Most of us have sacrificed absolutely NOTHING to preserve our own rights and freedoms. So there’s no excuse not to get off your ass and do something simple like write to your elected officials and walk around for a few hours at a protest. That is minimal effort.
They’re coming for you. They’re coming for your kids and grandkids to use them as pawns in expansionist wars.
DO SOMETHING.
zenzalei 
In ALB on Monday, I went out to the pharmacy in the morning to get an Rx and almost fell at least a half dozen times. Thank goodness for the cane! Almost none of the sidewalks are clear, though mine is, but it took two days. And it was cold, below zero F wind chills. So the attendance, while not robust, was impressive and ours made the NBC Nightly News.
I have been complaining to my state legislators. My Congressman, Paul Tonko, is having a town hall meeting at the high school, which had so much interest that the tickets (which were free) sold out. I’m attending.
But it took me until the end of January to turn the corner from despair.
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