Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "How America Got All F**ked Up - Resurrecting Democracy In America" video.

  1.  @Mike2244eSam  Unbelievable. From trailer trash to multi-millionaire. (Of course, that doesn’t stop her from still being trailer trash). Only in America!
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  2.  @Mike2244eSam  Thanks for that. It is sickening indeed. I came pretty close to having a trauma response because, although I’m white, I grew up in Florida in the 60s and 70s, and heard all those sentiments throughout the years and watched many of those events of the 60s on TV. I had a few prior childhood years in Kansas, and because my dad was military (Air Force), racism was a taboo subject, and my classmates were white, black, Japanese, German, and a few others, so it was quite peaceful and pleasant, at least for a kid. Moving to Florida at age 9, I was in shock when I saw the “Whites Only” and “Coloreds Only” signs in some locations, especially bus stations. I could not even begin to understand the concept, and had to hear a number of comments like those in the video through the years, and it still makes my stomach knot up, and it hurts my heart. But then, in 1972 I became a “hippie”, and got some similar comments thrown MY way. Of course, I generally did not have to literally fear for my life at those times like the Black people there constantly did, although I was literally run out of a tiny north Florida town “at the end of a shotgun” once, although I didn’t really think the gun would be fired. I left quickly, though, just to not take that chance! I was so glad to leave Florida, and the south, when I was finally able to do so.
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  3.  @Mike2244eSam  Thanks for saying so. I was going to go back and remove the last couple of sentences because I felt I interjected myself into a subject that wasn’t about me, but then I got called to dinner, and then I couldn’t find it. I hope I didn’t sound like my ego decided to take center stage. Are you not in the U.S.?
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  4. That happens with, probably, the majority of the members of Congress, and it’s because of the bribery (especially by lobbyists) Thom talks about here, and because of insider trading where they get advance notice of when to buy certain stocks, which is not “supposed to” happen, but, of course, it does. There have been a number of complaints in recent years about Nancy Pelosi and her husband, and Dianne Feinstein doing the same, but, of course, many others, including the Republicans do the same. In fact, I would venture to guess that many of them decided to run for Congress just because of the money they can make there, rather than what they can actually do for the American people.
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