Come on people. At this time in 1941 the Nazis were nightly bombing London and the UK in the Battle of Britain. The English people were in bombing shelters or living out of their homes in the country. That was real TERROR. We know how this ended.
Our current crisis pales by comparison. We have a Fascist Ass Clown POTUS and an utterly corrupt x-GOP, who loves his agenda if not him. And many millions love him.
Fortunately, the majority of Americans can't stand the Ass Clown and his agenda.
Certainly, we can't give up. Stick with Churchill's exhortation to the British people "The only thing to fear is fear itself".
United, we can and will Drive the GOP out of power for our sake and for the World's sake.
I'm 76 and was born in the post WWII baby boom after all our guys came home from the war (including my dad), got married, had lots of kids and embraced the good life in the suburbs. I was in my middle teens when Vietnam war hit and was old enough to express my opinions when at 20 I found myself in love with a guy in the Air Force deployed to Vietnam and I was 100% anti-war. So much tumult in our nation during that time! We've been pretty comfortable since then, fascism-wise, and while I remember what to do, it's hard to convince folks that we better fight hard to keep our democracy! Thanks for your wonderful encouragement to us Contrarians!
My apologies. I incorrectly attributed the quote "The only thing to fear is fear itself" to Churchill. The famous line was in FDR's 1933 inauguration speech referring to the country's deep anxiety from the Depression.
The sentiment of the statement certainly applies to the US todaym
IS THIS THE SPEECH THAT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AT TOMORROW'S WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS?
Trump is expected to reiterate his broader geopolitical vision for the U.S., with emphasis on American dominance and strategic priorities. This includes continuing to frame key issues like Greenland in terms of U.S. security and national interests.
While his specific wording may vary, Trump is likely to defend his controversial stance on Greenland as a strategic imperative — a topic already dominating discussions at Davos and straining ties with European allies.
We have reason to believe that Trump will give the following or an almost identical speech to the European heads of state and world business leaders tomorrow in Davos:
“Now we are confronted with the last problem which must be solved and which shall be solved.
"It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not swerve, and which I will satisfy, God willing.
"I have assured Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that the American people want nothing but peace; but I also told her that I cannot go back beyond the limits of our patience.
"I assured her, moreover, and I repeat it here, that when this problem is solved, there will be no more territorial problems for the United States in Europe. And I further assured her that from the moment Denmark solves its other problems… I will no longer be interested in the Kingdom of Denmark or its other territories.
"And this I guarantee. We don’t want any Danes at all.”
The above is a verbatim excerpt of Adolf Hitler's September 26, 1938 speech at Germany's Sportpalast arena in Berlin, Germany with Mette Frederiksen's name substituted for Neville Chamberlain's; the American people substituted for the German people and Denmark, the Greenlanders and Danes substituted for Czechoslovakia and the Czechs.
It is well known from an interview of Trump's first wife, Ivana, now deceased, that Trump kept a copy of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. Given the land grab parallel threat to Europe by Hitler and Trump, it is not inconceivable that Trump will have looked to Hitler's successful speech that was followed by Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders signing the Munich Pact 4 days later, condoning Hitlers military march into the Sudetenland, a border region within the sovereign state of Czechoslovakia which was legally and internationally Czechoslovak territory.
The Munich Pact has become known as one of the world's most shameful submissions to appeasement.
I doubt that there will be anyone attending tomorrow's forum who is unaware of the observation of longtime professor of philosophy at Harvard George Santayana, that "“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Why isn't Congress doing anything to stop the Greenland idiocy? Why haven't Dems filed suit against the Greenland war mongering? Why aren't the Dems doing more to point out how damaging this is to the interests of the United States?
In any functioning group or society, rules of conduct must be established, along with procedures for arbitration and maintaining these agreed-upon rules. Even in an ideal society, these rules need to be implemented and enforced, which requires the establishment of courts and police services. Why, in a perfect society, is there a need to ensure that these rules are necessary? If this society is truly ideal, why do we need a system to protect its rules? Wouldn't everyone value the culture and want to follow its rules?
The answer is NO.
There's always a segment of society that opposes the rules or finds ways to evade them. The established rules are never universally accepted, and in every society, some individuals refuse to follow them. I believe this dissenting group makes up about 38% of the population (my estimate). In any community, some individuals will disagree with the established rules of conduct, and efforts must be made to prevent them from breaking the community's laws. In any society, they must accept the existence of this dissenting group and find ways to contain it.
How does this relate to our current society? About 38% of our population supports Trump. This group has appeared in different forms throughout history, but it has always been present. There have always been dissenters who refuse to follow the rules set by the 62% majority, creating a tug-of-war between these two groups in our country. Considering that the signers of the Constitution disagreed on major laws, and that we have a history of disagreements and shifting control of Congress, dissenters have maintained a strong sense of loyalty, defensiveness, and group mentality.
The majority group has maintained control over the minority group to this day. However, conservative think tanks funded by billionaires have consistently worked to reshape the government, successfully changing the traditional safeguards used to restrain the minority. They have dismantled Congress, gained influence over the courts, taken control of the DOJ and FBI, and placed military leaders who will follow the president's guidance. This hidden organization has gradually infiltrated government functions to benefit the elite.
I do not think this configuration of factors has ever existed in our country before. Still, it has been present in other countries where oligarchs and dictators now rule them. We have the factors necessary for us to lose our democracy and become an authoritarian country. The question America is: what do you want to do?
Come on people. At this time in 1941 the Nazis were nightly bombing London and the UK in the Battle of Britain. The English people were in bombing shelters or living out of their homes in the country. That was real TERROR. We know how this ended.
Our current crisis pales by comparison. We have a Fascist Ass Clown POTUS and an utterly corrupt x-GOP, who loves his agenda if not him. And many millions love him.
Fortunately, the majority of Americans can't stand the Ass Clown and his agenda.
Certainly, we can't give up. Stick with Churchill's exhortation to the British people "The only thing to fear is fear itself".
United, we can and will Drive the GOP out of power for our sake and for the World's sake.
I'm 76 and was born in the post WWII baby boom after all our guys came home from the war (including my dad), got married, had lots of kids and embraced the good life in the suburbs. I was in my middle teens when Vietnam war hit and was old enough to express my opinions when at 20 I found myself in love with a guy in the Air Force deployed to Vietnam and I was 100% anti-war. So much tumult in our nation during that time! We've been pretty comfortable since then, fascism-wise, and while I remember what to do, it's hard to convince folks that we better fight hard to keep our democracy! Thanks for your wonderful encouragement to us Contrarians!
Thank you. Together we'll win this battle. Fascists have no home in America.
My apologies. I incorrectly attributed the quote "The only thing to fear is fear itself" to Churchill. The famous line was in FDR's 1933 inauguration speech referring to the country's deep anxiety from the Depression.
The sentiment of the statement certainly applies to the US todaym
That was FDR, not Churchill.
Thanks for the correction. I got the attribution wrong but hopefully the right sentiment for our current struggle.
We all remember that Kristi Noem shot her own dog.Right? I call her the dog killer
IS THIS THE SPEECH THAT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AT TOMORROW'S WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS?
Trump is expected to reiterate his broader geopolitical vision for the U.S., with emphasis on American dominance and strategic priorities. This includes continuing to frame key issues like Greenland in terms of U.S. security and national interests.
While his specific wording may vary, Trump is likely to defend his controversial stance on Greenland as a strategic imperative — a topic already dominating discussions at Davos and straining ties with European allies.
We have reason to believe that Trump will give the following or an almost identical speech to the European heads of state and world business leaders tomorrow in Davos:
“Now we are confronted with the last problem which must be solved and which shall be solved.
"It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not swerve, and which I will satisfy, God willing.
"I have assured Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that the American people want nothing but peace; but I also told her that I cannot go back beyond the limits of our patience.
"I assured her, moreover, and I repeat it here, that when this problem is solved, there will be no more territorial problems for the United States in Europe. And I further assured her that from the moment Denmark solves its other problems… I will no longer be interested in the Kingdom of Denmark or its other territories.
"And this I guarantee. We don’t want any Danes at all.”
The above is a verbatim excerpt of Adolf Hitler's September 26, 1938 speech at Germany's Sportpalast arena in Berlin, Germany with Mette Frederiksen's name substituted for Neville Chamberlain's; the American people substituted for the German people and Denmark, the Greenlanders and Danes substituted for Czechoslovakia and the Czechs.
It is well known from an interview of Trump's first wife, Ivana, now deceased, that Trump kept a copy of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. Given the land grab parallel threat to Europe by Hitler and Trump, it is not inconceivable that Trump will have looked to Hitler's successful speech that was followed by Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders signing the Munich Pact 4 days later, condoning Hitlers military march into the Sudetenland, a border region within the sovereign state of Czechoslovakia which was legally and internationally Czechoslovak territory.
The Munich Pact has become known as one of the world's most shameful submissions to appeasement.
I doubt that there will be anyone attending tomorrow's forum who is unaware of the observation of longtime professor of philosophy at Harvard George Santayana, that "“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Why isn't Congress doing anything to stop the Greenland idiocy? Why haven't Dems filed suit against the Greenland war mongering? Why aren't the Dems doing more to point out how damaging this is to the interests of the United States?
Lies, damnable lies & wild exaggerations easily refuted & documentably false…"There are no disinterested parties. No innocent bystanders. People are either criminal immigrants or radical leftists who deserve what happens to them or they are heroic patriotic federal cops incapable of mistakes." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/ice-shooting-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.xF5K.uDO7ERNx45Ps&smid=url-share Resist the gangsters & fraudster authoritarians! #VoteBlue!
A very newsy week at The Contrarian! Thanks Contrarians for keeping us well informed!
WHAT WOULD A PERFECT SOCIETY LOOK LIKE?
In any functioning group or society, rules of conduct must be established, along with procedures for arbitration and maintaining these agreed-upon rules. Even in an ideal society, these rules need to be implemented and enforced, which requires the establishment of courts and police services. Why, in a perfect society, is there a need to ensure that these rules are necessary? If this society is truly ideal, why do we need a system to protect its rules? Wouldn't everyone value the culture and want to follow its rules?
The answer is NO.
There's always a segment of society that opposes the rules or finds ways to evade them. The established rules are never universally accepted, and in every society, some individuals refuse to follow them. I believe this dissenting group makes up about 38% of the population (my estimate). In any community, some individuals will disagree with the established rules of conduct, and efforts must be made to prevent them from breaking the community's laws. In any society, they must accept the existence of this dissenting group and find ways to contain it.
How does this relate to our current society? About 38% of our population supports Trump. This group has appeared in different forms throughout history, but it has always been present. There have always been dissenters who refuse to follow the rules set by the 62% majority, creating a tug-of-war between these two groups in our country. Considering that the signers of the Constitution disagreed on major laws, and that we have a history of disagreements and shifting control of Congress, dissenters have maintained a strong sense of loyalty, defensiveness, and group mentality.
The majority group has maintained control over the minority group to this day. However, conservative think tanks funded by billionaires have consistently worked to reshape the government, successfully changing the traditional safeguards used to restrain the minority. They have dismantled Congress, gained influence over the courts, taken control of the DOJ and FBI, and placed military leaders who will follow the president's guidance. This hidden organization has gradually infiltrated government functions to benefit the elite.
I do not think this configuration of factors has ever existed in our country before. Still, it has been present in other countries where oligarchs and dictators now rule them. We have the factors necessary for us to lose our democracy and become an authoritarian country. The question America is: what do you want to do?