I am still on a high. The world spoke. It spoke in the voices of millions of women and supporting menfolk, sisters and brothers all, big people, little people, the woman down the block and the celebrity. And isn't it something at how many of these celebrities were brave and bold enough to come out and face the Tweeter, very much unlike the corporations and the politicians who are now fawning at the feet of the new American Fascist, who threatens all with his vows of revenge and his downright ugly lies.
It was truly great and awesome to see the pictures from around the world, the marches that took place from Wappinger's Fall, NY to London, to D.C. to NYC, to Tel Aviv, close to 670 places where it was taken notice of, but please remember to include and add the small places. Yesterday media had the figure at 3 million. Today the figure is one million and why and how did that come to be? D.C. alone had close to a million but do not ask Trump about that for he was sour graping all over the media and even at the CIA for heaven's sake!! He cannot deal with the fact that he has one of the lowest attendance rates ever and he and Sean Spicer were ranting away. Most undignified and most adolescent! Actually, pure infantile behavior and I am sorry little infants for comparing the two! Anyway, Chicago has over 150,000 and the figures just build and build so 3 million is more like it but I guess we have more posturing and fawning from people afraid to tell the truth although late reports are now saying that does not include D.C. with its huge figures.but let's take another area.
Here, right here in Century Village, a small group of determined women managed to get out some publicity re a march right here in the Village. We worried about how anyone would hear of it, how people would take it and in any case, remembering our audience, who could march the distance. We worried that we would have ten people and perhaps would be lucky with 25 and wow, what a great surprise. We had about 200 women, some with walkers, some on scooters, others trudging along slowly - including me - and we made it. We had women joining in at their buildings and walking that rest of the distance. We had husbands, we had children visiting, we had grandchildren cheering on their grandparents, and we had people waiting along the road to give us bottles of cold water, with cars honking in support and thumbs up. What a day!!!!
It was a high and I am still on it and I love that my girls were so happy as well when I spoke with them at night. What bothered me was the nastiness of those opposed. Why did it bother them so much? All around the world we saw this nastiness. Was it because they realized that there are many people, literally millions, who dislike Trump and what he stands for and what he has already done and said? Is it because they themselves are defensive, worried over the fact that he is nasty and uncontrolled and dumb! "Honered?" Really? Needs a spelling bee where he would know that honored is the way to go - and something he will never be! And by the way, as President, G-d help us, was he allowed to erase that ignorant misspelled tweet? I think not? Calling Comey. Calling Comey. Oooh, do we need Putin's help here too?
They have also lost their sense of humor. There is simply nothing there and why is that? Because they know they chose incorrectly or as their representative says Wrong!! Wrong!! Sad indeed.
What Trump represents is a backwards leap, not a good one for mankind. Millions have spoken and all the defensiveness and lack of humor and shouting about "lies" will not change it and here I am going to put down a posting of the Washington Post with a summary of some of the best signs, so read and enjoy. Have a hearty laugh even as the truth of these signs shout out and remember, as many of the marchers stated, we marched for all mothers and sisters, daughters and aunts, grandmothers and all the women who have supported men and the world, who gave life to this world and who will continue to do so - whether Trump likes it or not. We refuse to have a man who sexualizes his daughter, who looks at little girls and sees what he ought not to, who uses foul language in describing foul behavior with women, a man with no brains to serve as my leader, as our leader and here I too state - he is not my President. That person would be respected and honored, would have a working brain and intelligence and be a grownup. This one does not and garners only my disgust and disrespect, my contempt and yes, my fear, for what he can do to this world of ours. In any case - laugh a little. We need to.
#FreeMelania
- We Want a Leader, Not a Creepy Tweeter.
- HARDLY ANYONE MARCHED. FAILURE. SAD.
- (Beneath a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag:) Don’t Pee on Me
- 1968 is Calling. Don’t Answer
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Czar/ Putin Made You What You Are
- Fact Checkers of the World, Unite!
- I know signs. I make the best signs. They’re great. Everyone agrees.
- I (heart) Journalists.
- Vaginas Brought You Into the World. Vaginas Will Vote You Out.
- I Wish My Uterus Shot Bullets So the Government Wouldn’t Regulate It
- (On photo of Meryl Streep): What She Said.
- I’m Quite Unhappy.
- We Shall Overcomb.
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