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Ben Yandell

@yandellben.bsky.social

Lived in NYC for 48 years. Happily married 71-year old man. UU. I am ashamed of many things my country has done over the past 250+years, but I maintain hope that we can recover and accept our mistakes. Voted for Reagan in 1980. I accept my mistake.

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Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · 4d ago

I just did an exercise that I will call a complete waste of five minutes of my life. I knew I could not name every member of Trump's cabinet. I decided to do a search to see if there might be just one person who I might respect just slightly in his cabinet. NOPE.

Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · 5d ago

Alright, Alright, just Alright. I hereby offer every single Republican, in jail, belong in jail. I don't discriminate. I offer you 1 million Italian Lira to vote for Democrats in November. Change my mind.

Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · 7d ago

I worked near the WTC. The subway I would have taken on 9/11 stopped in the WTC. My wife was pregnant , and we had a doctor appointment that morning. I count my blessings. I lost someone from almost every part of my life that day.

Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · last wk.

After hearing Trump's absurd claim that he was at the World Trade Center on 9/11, I had an overly simplistic thought. There are three types of people in the world. People who tell the truth. People who lie. And people who have been lying so long they actually believe their own lies.

Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · 2w ago

Exerts from a speech by Harry Truman in 1952 Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the past 20 years. Socialism is what they call public power and social security. When a Republican uses the slogan down with Socialism, he means down with progress.

Ben Yandell@yandellben.bsky.social · 3w ago

LBJ was once asked why poor white Republicans repeatedly vote against their own self interests. He replied: If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the highest colored man, he won't know you are picking his pocket Give him someone to look down on, and he will empty his pockets.