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Friday, October 26, 2018

But Now . . .

(from https://www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html)

". . . sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power. How did this switch happen? . . . Eric Rauchway, professor of American history at the University of California, Davis, pins the transition to the turn of the 20th century, when a highly influential Democrat named William Jennings Bryan blurred party lines by emphasizing the government's role in ensuring social justice through expansions of federal power — traditionally, a Republican stance. . . Republicans didn't immediately adopt the opposite position of favoring limited government. "Instead, for a couple of decades, both parties are promising an augmented federal government devoted in various ways to the cause of social justice," Rauchway wrote in a 2010 blog post for the Chronicles of Higher Education. Only gradually did Republican rhetoric drift to the counterarguments. The party's small-government platform cemented in the 1930s with its heated opposition to the New Deal. . ."

Now You've Changed
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Reasons . . .

Why the beguiling smirking smile?
There's mystery behind those dark eyes
Can I trust that my best interest kept?
I need answers to these many "whys"

Summer's gone now, leaves have changed
The usual, natural switch
The hole I'm feeling in my soul
May be a reason for the stitch

Reason for the Stitch
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Vantage . . .

The leaves are shaking, turning, rustling, falling
Blanketing all the horizontal real estate in view
Indicating the onset of a new season

The sun will be setting earlier
And the opportunities to comfortably enjoy the outdoors
Will soon be much fewer

But the change possesses its own unique beauty
And from this wonderful vantage point,
Who am I to complain?

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Songs . . .

(from I Am Brian Wilson, a memoir with Ben Greenman)
". . . What is a song, exactly? It's something that starts as an idea and becomes more than that. It becomes physical and emotional and spiritual. It comes out into the world. It can soothe you when you're feeling at your worst. It can make you happy when you're sad . . . But if you spend your lie trying to find songs, you realize pretty quickly that you're not the first. People have been doing that as long as there have been people. And if there are periods in your life when you stop doing it - because something distracts you or makes you weak - you realize how important it is to jump right back into the game . . . "

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Monday, October 22, 2018

Clubs . . .

"I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member"
-Julius Henry Marx

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/far-right-group-takes-victory-lap-social-media-after-violence-n920506)
". . . Proud Boys . . . a “fraternal organization” for young men . . . As part of their initiation, members must declare they are a “Western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world,” and also abstain from masturbation. To complete the initiation, members must also get a Proud Boys tattoo, and undergo a beating by fellow members while naming five breakfast cereals, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has also designated them as a hate group. . ."

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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Your . . .

. . . 'public servants' at work . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/republicans-tried-kill-obamacare-now-they-re-embracing-its-most-n921561)
". . . GOP Senate candidate Josh Hawley in Missouri: “We've got two perfect little boys. Earlier this year, we learned that our oldest has a rare chronic disease. Pre-existing condition – we know what that means,” he says to camera in a TV ad. “I support forcing insurance companies to cover ALL pre-existing conditions. And Claire McCaskill knows it. You deserve a senator who’s driven to fix this mess – not one just trying to hang on to her office.” . . . But as attorney general of Missouri, Hawley signed on to a conservative lawsuit in February 2018 arguing that Obamacare – and everything in it, including protections for pre-existing conditions – is unconstitutional. “Once the heart of the ACA—the individual mandate—is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of the ACA must also fall,” the lawsuit states. . . "

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Evil . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/amid-jokes-al-smith-dinner-nikki-haley-says-our-opponents-n921916)
". . . "In our toxic political environment, I've heard some people in both parties describe their opponents as enemies or evil," (Outgoing United Nations ambassador Nikki) Haley said. "In America, our political opponents are not evil." . . . "In South Sudan, where rape is routinely used as a weapon of war — that is evil. In Syria, where the dictator uses chemical weapons to murder innocent children — that is evil,” she said. “In North Korea, where American student Otto Warmbier was tortured to death — that was evil. . ."

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