Friday, November 22, 2019
Never fails to disappoint
Every now and then I check FrontPorchRepublic to see how badly they can disappoint me. They never fail.
This time they're pushing the "third" party candidacy of Brian Carroll, who is a strictly orthodox Democrat.
Few quotes from Carroll:
The pursuit of short-term goals also tends to depend on fear as a motivator. That often results in racist tropes, and xenophobia.
Standard D line.
The battles against Climate Change and to provide Racial Justice are not going to provide the immediate and measurable results that a President can brag about for re-election purposes.
Standard D line.
Ross Perot championed a balanced budget, and both President Bush and Challenger Bill Clinton had to shift in that direction. Perot’s influence lasted through several administrations.
That wasn't Perot's main point, and nobody even tried to balance the budget.
The UN has no business forcing abortion on its member nations, but it does have a role overseeing the rules of ocean-fishing.
The UN doesn't enforce fishing rules. Ad-hoc groups of nations do. If you accept UN's authority on any subject, you have to take the whole package. You can't pick and choose.
Parents and a local school board should have the first say about curriculum decisions.
Standard R point, but misses the real threat. Lawsuits are the real problem, not Federal standards.
The Federal government grew when no state government was big enough to control the railroads.
No, it grew because no state government was big enough to SUBSIDIZE the railroads or kill half the country to increase the share value of railroads. But Genocidal Madman Lincoln didn't permanently grow the government. Wilson created the modern Deepstate, invading every aspect of thought and culture.
I heard a speaker who worked in the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives under Bush 2. He said they were simply expanding work begun under President Clinton, and which was continued under President Obama. The office is still there under President Trump, but it suffers from staff vacancies and a poor understanding of what its job should be. This office should be a priority, under any Administration.
This is just silly. Bush's "faith-based" shit was a placebo, intended to satisfy demands while doing nothing. It's succeeding.
I think one reason I was nominated by the American Solidarity Party is that during some fairly intense disagreements within the Party, I demonstrated the ability to discuss important topics with civility.
Standard D line.
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So he's mostly a standard Democrat, sounding more like Biden than anyone else. Why do we need another Biden?
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