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calimary

(84,839 posts)
11. Yep. VERY important.
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 03:39 PM
Apr 2020

We CANNOT allow this to be forgotten.

WHENEVER this finally ends, IMO, I hope we DO NOT fall back on that old default of "it's time to move on," or "we need to put all that behind us," or "we need to look forward, not backward," or "let's move forward, don't dwell on the past," "or "let's not waste time revisiting old things we can't change," or other "it's over, no need to dwell on this" blah-blah-blah'ing.

We WILL NOT be able to move forward to address what might happen in the future if we DO NOT review what we did on this, and what we didn't do on this, and what was good and what was bad and what worked and what didn't. We CANNOT afford to "just move along, let's not dwell on the past." When somebody dies of complicated or questionable causes, we don't just send 'em to the funeral parlor and be done with it. We do an autopsy, dammit! We're gonna need one HERE!

We had an after-the-fact commission on 9/11. And we needed one. It was absolutely urgent! We're WAY WAY WAY gonna need one here. Those who can be expected to try to defeat such an effort are A) human ostriches who'd just rather stick their heads in the sand and not be bothered with all this muss 'n' fuss; and B) weasels who want to escape any blame or accountability, and C) probably republi-CONS.

DON'T let 'em beat the rap! That goes DOUBLE for their "dear leader." NO. I take that back. DOUBLE-TIMES-DOUBLE! If this is being portrayed as a war, we already have nominees for the title of "war criminal".

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Well, I guess that's inconvenient. LakeVermilion Apr 2020 #1
Doesn't matter.. truth will out. Cha Apr 2020 #3
Retweeted! Thank you, Bill! Cha Apr 2020 #2
But hey, he saved $200 million! SergeStorms Apr 2020 #4
IMO, $3 trillion is a HUGE lowball BidenBacker Apr 2020 #5
My guess is Trump will finally see the light and shut the country down. Blue_true Apr 2020 #7
Right on, NH DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #9
Oh, I agree.... SergeStorms Apr 2020 #12
Decisions like this shows exactly why government can never Blue_true Apr 2020 #6
K&R DenverJared Apr 2020 #8
Such a remarkable coincidence wnylib Apr 2020 #10
Yep. VERY important. calimary Apr 2020 #11
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