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Tony Powers is a writer/actor/musician. His full bio may be seen by clicking on the picture, and then clicking on either of the 2 boxes below it.
barkinginthedark has written 571 posts for Barking In The Dark

BENEATH IT ALL…

There is a level of uninformed ignorance and desperation involved in the willingness to take a weapon of war into a country unprovoked. This was true in Germany and Japan in WW I and II, in the Vietnam war, in the Iraq war, and it is true now in Ukraine. A despot cannot make war … Continue reading

“THERE’S SOMETHIN’ GOIN’ ON BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS…” WELL, THIS – SADLY – IS WHAT’S GOIN’ ON…READ THIS ATLANTIC ARTICLE.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/

SOMEWHERE FAR ABOVE US…

“Why don’t we ever land?”   “Well, we have. In the past, but not for a while now.” The Commodore’s eyes stayed fixed on the plasma capacitor.   It was the Cadet’s first intragalactic flight, and he was taking his opportunity to get some answers to some things he had wondered about all through his … Continue reading

MAKE THE MESSAGE SIMPLE FOR DAMN SAKE!

I am a lifelong Democrat (verging on being a Socialist) and I have grown increasingly sick and tired of the inability of my party to lay out in simple terms, terms that even an idiot like me can understand, as to what the hell is actually going on here. Today, President Joe Biden, a good … Continue reading

AND NOW THE DEMOCRATS MUST…

The Democrats MUST now bust out a no-holds-barred concerted effort in West Virginia and Arizona with the sole purpose of convincing the Democratic voters in these states to flood the offices of both Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with calls and emails demanding they vote for the infrastructure bill. And, to let them know that … Continue reading

IT IS NOW OR NEVER.

The Democrats and Joe Biden must now use the budget reconciliation process to get around the filibuster. If not, the Republicans will turn this country into a Fascist’s wet dream. They have already enacted laws that will prevent hundreds of thousands of people from voting. They have put an arrow into the faint but still … Continue reading