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In 1960, 5% of Republicans and 4% of Democrats said that they would feel “displeased” if their son or daughter married outside their political party. By 2010, those numbers skyrocketed: to 49% and 33%, respectively.
Cass Sunstein: We’ve Entered the Age of Partyism—It Might Get Worse Than Racism
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Throughout my life, I've always tried to remember that humanity has a short memory. I was born at the end of one political era, and the start of another...as young as I am, I can remember how it felt to live in a United States that was shifting from "Hippies" to "Yuppies".
People get used to things. We got "used" to a world where having "ethnic" representation at any level was considered great "progress". We got "used" to feeling good about recognizing minorities and finding compromises like, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". We forgot that before WWII, FDR was viewed with as much contempt by some as BHO...and that JFK was in fact, hated by many who viewed his administration as corrupt, and morally misguided.
The truth is, there have ever been, and always will be, only two sides-One that believes "change" is about overturning established order in favor of the individual...and one that believes there are concrete "rules" that cannot be overturned for the sake of the many. Sometimes, they are "Cavaliers and Roundheads"...sometimes, "Whigs and Tories"...or "Federalists and Anti-Federalists"...and yes, "Republicans and Democrats". What's interesting is how often the basic principles shift sides and don't line up with the previous "party" identity. The "Party of Jefferson" once decried extensive government involvement in the lives of private citizens, which eventually led to opposition of federal initiates towards abolition, which eventually led to the "grass roots" organizations which would, in time, form the basis of "civil disobedience".
Personally, I'm a round-headed, blue-bellied, Adams style Federalist with a Jacobite cockade hidden somewhere in the closet.
People get used to things. We got "used" to a world where having "ethnic" representation at any level was considered great "progress". We got "used" to feeling good about recognizing minorities and finding compromises like, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". We forgot that before WWII, FDR was viewed with as much contempt by some as BHO...and that JFK was in fact, hated by many who viewed his administration as corrupt, and morally misguided.
The truth is, there have ever been, and always will be, only two sides-One that believes "change" is about overturning established order in favor of the individual...and one that believes there are concrete "rules" that cannot be overturned for the sake of the many. Sometimes, they are "Cavaliers and Roundheads"...sometimes, "Whigs and Tories"...or "Federalists and Anti-Federalists"...and yes, "Republicans and Democrats". What's interesting is how often the basic principles shift sides and don't line up with the previous "party" identity. The "Party of Jefferson" once decried extensive government involvement in the lives of private citizens, which eventually led to opposition of federal initiates towards abolition, which eventually led to the "grass roots" organizations which would, in time, form the basis of "civil disobedience".
Personally, I'm a round-headed, blue-bellied, Adams style Federalist with a Jacobite cockade hidden somewhere in the closet.
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Thanks for sharing PFC Al Sethre. Its obvious you were not around in the late 1960s where partying took on a much deeper meaning than previous parties which were like children's birthday parties.
Google ken Kasey and acid koolaid for instance to get an idea.
Hunter S Thompson coined the phrase "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Google ken Kasey and acid koolaid for instance to get an idea.
Hunter S Thompson coined the phrase "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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SGT Kyle Johnson
LTC Stephen F. Remember the 1968 Democratic convention! As a kid I was pissed it was the only thing on TV! (BTW younger SM, we only had 3 channels then) LOL
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SSG Dennis Grossmann
SGT Kyle Johnson - sometimes 4 if you counted PBS and held the antenna right and had the right amount of tinfoil.
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT Kyle Johnson SSG Dennis Grossmann growing up around Philadelphia by the 1960s we had 4 basic VHF stations which had test patterns when the last show ended each day. I can't remember when UHF was available but we had 3 UHF by 1970 if not earlier. Rabbit ear antennas worked well for the VHF channels but we had to move the other antenna around sometime for the UHF channels to come in clear.
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SGT Kyle Johnson
LTC Stephen F. SSG Dennis Grossmann I remember when they signed off and played the National Anthem.. just a video of the American Flag Waving and music.. Even as a child, I felt it unamerican to turn off the TV during it. We turned off the TV when the test pattern came on. I was the official adjuster of the rabbit ears when we changed channels LMAO
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Would that be this Cass Sunstein?
Cass Sunstein and Rationing by QALY
Cass Sunstein, Obama’s appointed advisor to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, shares opinions in common with Dr. Emmanuel and John Holdren when it comes to health-care rationing and the dignity of the human person. If Sunstein’s appointment is not rejected by the Senate, then Sunstein will oversee the OIRA, which creates government regulations for federal laws.
Sunstein advocates rationing based on "quality-adjusted life years" (QALY), meaning that the government would evaluate statistically whether a person’s life is worth the cost of living.
Sunstein is a radical animal rights thinker, who believes that animals such as dolphins and whales should have legal representation. Sunstein counts Princeton philosopher Peter Singer among his closest friends. Singer believes that children under the age of seven do not have sufficient rationality to count as human beings, and for that reason parents could commit infanticide.
Sunstein has also stated a desire to regulate the internet in order to fight what he calls a "system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government."
Cass Sunstein and Rationing by QALY
Cass Sunstein, Obama’s appointed advisor to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, shares opinions in common with Dr. Emmanuel and John Holdren when it comes to health-care rationing and the dignity of the human person. If Sunstein’s appointment is not rejected by the Senate, then Sunstein will oversee the OIRA, which creates government regulations for federal laws.
Sunstein advocates rationing based on "quality-adjusted life years" (QALY), meaning that the government would evaluate statistically whether a person’s life is worth the cost of living.
Sunstein is a radical animal rights thinker, who believes that animals such as dolphins and whales should have legal representation. Sunstein counts Princeton philosopher Peter Singer among his closest friends. Singer believes that children under the age of seven do not have sufficient rationality to count as human beings, and for that reason parents could commit infanticide.
Sunstein has also stated a desire to regulate the internet in order to fight what he calls a "system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government."
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