Yes, the North County Resistance Group will be out this coming Saturday, December 20 in Nehalem, from noon to 2 PM. Yes, it is going to be wet, cold, and windy. Wear your long underwear, two sets of clothing, raincoat and pants, and gloves. If can’t come for the whole two hours, please come and stay as long as you can. If you can’t come at all, please drive by and honk. Your support means a lot to us.
We thank you again for your support of all the organizations in our community helping to keep people fed and with some sort of housing support.
The dictionary I’m using at the moment is the Reader’s Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary1966. This dictionary is 59 years old.
Looking at the word democracy. 1. A form of government in which political power resides in all the people and is exercised by them directly (pure democracy) or is given to elected representatives (representative democracy), with each citizen sharing equally in political privilege and duty, and with his right to do so protected by free elections and other guarantees. 2. A state so governed. 3. The spirit or practice of political, legal, or social equality. 4. The common people, especially when regarded as exercising political power.
Now to skip through the letters to fascism and Fascism.
fascism: A one-party system of government in which each class has its distinct place, function, and representation in the government, but the individual is subordinated to the state and control is maintained by military force, secret police, rigid censorship, and government regimentation of industry and finance.
Fascism: The totalitarian system of government developed in Italy in 1919 by the Fascisti under Benito Mussolini to oppose socialism and communism: the government in Italy from 1922-1943, the principles of which were adapted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to include the concept of racial supremacy.
Some words in these definitions ought to stand out to you.
Best,
Patty