On this day in 1890 the first execution by electrocution is carried out at the Auburn Prison in New York on William Kemmler.
Electricity was still a new thing at the time for there really wasn’t
much use for it until Thomas Edison found a way to make it into light in
1879. Electricity had been around since Benjamin Franklin experimented
with his magic key and lightening — can I get an Amen, Benjamin
Franklin was one of the few Framers of the US Constitution who fought
against slavery most of his life by being a member of the Abolition of
Slavery movements, and I support the BLM but also want to recognize
those who did the best they could to end it in the past. — getting back
to electricity: it was relatively new in 1890 and the 1%ers needed a way
to make money off of it and so found a way to use it in law enforcement
as quickly as possible. That’s right, just as today, the Police State
was a profitable business and still is. So, when you hear “Defund the
Police,” it is this kind of shit we are talking about. Also, I have to
add that the company who supplied the electricity was Westinghouse and
the owner, George Westinghouse, opposed his product being used for
murder. A lawyer filed an appeal claiming the electric chair violated
the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, but
of course, there’s no stopping murder when it is sanctioned by the
government. Funny, but George Westinghouse’s consciousness for not
using electricity for murder would alarm the other business leaders in
the country that Westinghouse had a heart, a sign of weakness, and so
they ruined him: George Westinghouse would lose everything over the next
twenty years. That’s how it works with BAD capitalism: you can’t have a
heart, you can’t be kind, you can’t do the right thing and have crazy
profits. The two don’t go together. That’s the problem with today’s
“Bad Capitalism,” and why if the Bad Capitalist don’t join the human
race and change their ways, we are going to have to find another form of
government. I for one am still on the Good Capitalist bandwagon for
now; you know, the Ben & Jerry capitalism
where profits are divided more equitable, and the top guys and gals
still make a shit load of money, but the bottom guys and gals make a
decent living too! what a f**king concept!!!
And now for something completely different, I want to talk with you today about animal cruelty and point you to PITA
to make a donation. We need to stop this shit now! Here are some
recent examples of bad pet owners. If this doesn’t get you to open up
your wallet and donate money I don’t know what will:
