Hear me. Politics is not a morality contest & Democrats often reduce politics to a never ending competition in a self righteous morality Olympics. Their allegiance to morality outweighs their allegiance to the public good. Morality & the public good are NOT the same thing.
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WHEN MORALITY BETRAYS
I am no Democrat. I am no Republican. In general, I am not of the perspective that there is any salvation for black people in politics. To the black democrat I say, imagine if Obama fought as hard for you as Trump fights for white supremacists.
Hear me. Politics is not a morality contest & Democrats often reduce politics to a never ending competition in a self righteous morality Olympics. Their allegiance to morality outweighs their allegiance to the public good. Morality & the public good are NOT the same thing.
Morality is different things to different people. The public good is all things to the most people. This is not a play on words, but a mindset required to competently engage in the public square. Those who fail to heed such caution render themselves vulnerable to those-
powerbrokers who morality factors little into their decision making. Herein, lies Barack Obama's fatal flaw. His allegiance to the moral principle of bipartisanship caused him to let Republicans run roughshod over him. He was elected w/a mandate from the American people &
squandered it. I offer the following as evidence: Allow me to introduce you to Mr. Sureshbhai Patel, an elderly Indian man who was walking through his son's subdivision when a white neighbor called the police 2 report a "suspicious black man" casing the community.
White officer Eric Parker answered the call. Immediately on arrival, the officer slammed Patel & paralyzed him. Parker was tried twice w/both ending in mistrials. I should note that the 1st mistrial occurred on a jury that included 10 white males & 2 black women jurors.
The black women voted to convict. The white males voted to acquit. That's democracy. White rule. That's another post. Federal prosecutors intended to try Officer Parker a 3rd time, but the judge stepped in and dismissed the charges with prejudice meaning the white officer-
could not be charged or tried again. What does any of this have to do with Obama, you might ask? The judge who acquitted the officer was U.S. District Judge Madeline Haikala and she was appointed by Barack Hussein Obama. So what's the big deal? In a move of bipartisanship-
Obama sought 2 appease a ton of southern Republican senators who were holding up many of his judicial nominations. Thus 2 get some of his nominees thru confirmation, he started compromising w/these senators 2 appoint some of their chosen judges. Judge Haikala was 1 of them.
Now the classical retort here is: "Well this is why Obama couldn't get much done b/c the Republicans blocked his every move." Wrong. He could have pushed Senate Democrats to end the filibuster as soon as Republicans started blocking his nominees. Ironically, this is-
Ironically, this is the very argument Obama is now supporting. Well, Mr. President, you should have done that while you were in office when many of your die hard supporters were begging you to do this. Nevertheless, a lot of conservative judges-
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made it thru on Obama's watch b/c of his hyperfidelity to the moral principle of bipartisanship. A second example of this was his appointment of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, which was derailed by Republicans. Many Democrats are still clinging to the ruse that-
Republicans "stole a Supreme Court seat." Nonsense. Obama gave it away. Follow me. What was going on in the Senate when Justice Antonin Scalia died? Nothing. The Senate was in recess. Obama could have took a page out of the President Eisenhower president who appointed-
Justice Brennan during a Senate recess. Again, he failed 2 do so b/c of his hyperfidelity to the moral principle of bipartisanship. A third example is the 2016 presidential election. Trump is spot on when he told Michelle Obama that "I was elected because of your husband."
Trump is right, but for the wrong reasons. Follow me. Many in the Hillary Clinton camp still maintain to this day that she lost the election b/c of FBI Director's James Comey's October surprise revelation of reopening of the investigation into Clinton's emails.
Lets say I buy that argument. Riddle me this: who appointed FBI Director James Comey, a lifelong Republican? You got it. Barack Hussein Obama. And he did so as a bipartisan compromise w/Senate Republicans to get a speedy confirmation.
Here's the charge & I do not make it lightly: Barack Obama's blind hyperallegiance to the morality principle of bipartisanship caused him to appoint the very man who would gift Donald Trump the presidency who in turn would descend the country into chaos.
I would take it further. Obama's morality triggered not only Trump's election but the rise of white supremacy which endangered black life, destabilized the nation & endangered all of western civilization. There is a mad man in the White House w/nuclear launch codes &
he is there b/c Obama's fidelity 2 bipartisanship made him impotent in his fight against white people who regarded him as nothing more than a niggER. Donald Trump is the greatest villain America deserves & you cannot fight him w/o testicular fortitude. Obama had none.
This is how morality can betray U. The public good is always greater than individual morality. In many ways Obama's morality was immoral & Dems are do 4 a course correction. I'll put 1 forth shortly but 1st a final stanza 2 my thesis of public good over individual morality
Close your eyes. Lets bow our head for a word of prayer. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. When the praises go up, the blessings come down. God is good all the time & all the time God is good. As the bible says, "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word -
from the mouth of God." We praying good now. So good we missed that white supremacist who just walked through the church door & pulled out that Glock & gunned all us down in the name of White Jesus. Now we up here in heaven asking God "my father why hast thou forsaken me?"
God replies, "you dumb motherfuckers. Nobody told you or any black folk to close your eyes in the presence of a White Supremacist. Your morality betrayed you. So now you're dead." Brutal, but true. There is no greater example of morality betraying a group of people than-
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Good afternoon, followers of frivolous election litigation. There's a last-minute entry in the competition for dumbest pre-inauguration lawsuit - a totally loony effort to apparently leave the entire USA without a government.
We'll start with the complaint in a minute.
But first, I want to give you a quick explanation for why I'm going to keep talking about these cases even after the inauguration.
They're part of an ongoing effort - one that's not well-coordinated but is widespread - to discredit our fundamental system of government.
It's a direct descendent, in more ways than one, of birtherism. And here's the thing about birtherism. It might have been a joke to a lot of people, but it was extremely pernicious. It obviously validated the racist "not good enough to be President" crowd. But that wasn't all.
Don't get me wrong, that was bad enough. Validating racism helped put the kind of shitbird who would tweet this from an official government account into power. But it didn't stop
(Also, if you agree with Pompeo about multiculturalism - the legendary melting pot - not being what this country is all about, you need to stop following me now. And maybe go somewhere and think about your life choices and what made you such a tool.)
Good afternoon, followers of frivolous election litigation. There's a last-minute entry in the competition for dumbest pre-inauguration lawsuit - a totally loony effort to apparently leave the entire USA without a government.
We'll start with the complaint in a minute.
But first, I want to give you a quick explanation for why I'm going to keep talking about these cases even after the inauguration.
They're part of an ongoing effort - one that's not well-coordinated but is widespread - to discredit our fundamental system of government.
It's a direct descendent, in more ways than one, of birtherism. And here's the thing about birtherism. It might have been a joke to a lot of people, but it was extremely pernicious. It obviously validated the racist "not good enough to be President" crowd. But that wasn't all.
Don't get me wrong, that was bad enough. Validating racism helped put the kind of shitbird who would tweet this from an official government account into power. But it didn't stop
Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms \u2014 they're not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker. pic.twitter.com/Mu97xCgxfS
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 19, 2021
(Also, if you agree with Pompeo about multiculturalism - the legendary melting pot - not being what this country is all about, you need to stop following me now. And maybe go somewhere and think about your life choices and what made you such a tool.)
This idea - that elections should translate into policy - is not wrong at all. But political science can help explain why it's not working this way. There are three main explanations: 1. mandates are constructed, not automatic, 2. party asymmetry, 3. partisan conpetition 1/
First, party/policy mandates from elections are far from self-executing in our system. Work on mandates from Dahl to Ellis and Kirk on the history of the mandate to mine on its role in post-Nixon politics, to Peterson Grossback and Stimson all emphasize that this link is... 2/
Created deliberately and isn't always persuasive. Others have to convinced that the election meant a particular thing for it to work in a legislative context. I theorized in the immediate period of after the 2020 election that this was part of why Repubs signed on to ...3/
Trump's demonstrably false fraud nonsense - it derailed an emerging mandate news cycle. Winners of elections get what they get - institutional control - but can't expect much beyond that unless the perception of an election mandate takes hold. And it didn't. 4/
Let's turn to the legislation element of this. There's just an asymmetry in terms of passing a relief bill. Republicans are presumably less motivated to get some kind of deal passed. Democrats are more likely to want to do *something.* 5/
I\u2019m sorry it\u2019s just insane that Democrats are like, \u201cwe won everything and our opening position on relief is $1.9T\u201d and Republicans are like, \u201cwe lost and our opening position is $600B,\u201d and the media will be like, \u201cDemocrats say they want unity but reject this bipartisan deal.\u201d
— Meredith Shiner (@meredithshiner) January 31, 2021
First, party/policy mandates from elections are far from self-executing in our system. Work on mandates from Dahl to Ellis and Kirk on the history of the mandate to mine on its role in post-Nixon politics, to Peterson Grossback and Stimson all emphasize that this link is... 2/
Created deliberately and isn't always persuasive. Others have to convinced that the election meant a particular thing for it to work in a legislative context. I theorized in the immediate period of after the 2020 election that this was part of why Repubs signed on to ...3/
Trump's demonstrably false fraud nonsense - it derailed an emerging mandate news cycle. Winners of elections get what they get - institutional control - but can't expect much beyond that unless the perception of an election mandate takes hold. And it didn't. 4/
Let's turn to the legislation element of this. There's just an asymmetry in terms of passing a relief bill. Republicans are presumably less motivated to get some kind of deal passed. Democrats are more likely to want to do *something.* 5/
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In ancient times, our grandparents used to follow typical natural way of caring the needs of a child. All they used were more of natural products than chemical based for the growth of child.
One of major step followed was to feed Gurbach Jadd/ Vasa Kommu/ Acorus Calamus for initiating good speech ability in a child. This stem was needed to babies on Tuesdays and Sundays in mother's milk.
Vasa is feed to baby after the 1st bath on 12th day in week. Weekly only thrice it is fed and named as :
Budhwar - Budhi Vasa
Mangalwar - Vaak Vasa
Ravi Vaar - Aayush Vasa
This stem is burnt and rubbed against the grinding stone in mother's milk or warm water to get a paste
The procedure to make it is in the link
https://t.co/uo4sGp7mUm
It should not be given daily to the child. Other main benefits are
1. It clears the phlegm in child's throat caused due to continuous milk intake. It clears the tracts and breathing is effortless.
2. Digestion
For children who haven't got their speech and is delayed than usual should feed this vasa on these days in week atleast for 6months. Don't get carried away with this dialogue
"Some gain speech little late"
In ancient times, our grandparents used to follow typical natural way of caring the needs of a child. All they used were more of natural products than chemical based for the growth of child.
One of major step followed was to feed Gurbach Jadd/ Vasa Kommu/ Acorus Calamus for initiating good speech ability in a child. This stem was needed to babies on Tuesdays and Sundays in mother's milk.
Vasa is feed to baby after the 1st bath on 12th day in week. Weekly only thrice it is fed and named as :
Budhwar - Budhi Vasa
Mangalwar - Vaak Vasa
Ravi Vaar - Aayush Vasa
This stem is burnt and rubbed against the grinding stone in mother's milk or warm water to get a paste
The procedure to make it is in the link
https://t.co/uo4sGp7mUm
It should not be given daily to the child. Other main benefits are
1. It clears the phlegm in child's throat caused due to continuous milk intake. It clears the tracts and breathing is effortless.
2. Digestion
For children who haven't got their speech and is delayed than usual should feed this vasa on these days in week atleast for 6months. Don't get carried away with this dialogue
"Some gain speech little late"