GOP Failure Watch Part V (the Minority in Congress edition)

I remember seeing the words, "Don't ever change" in a bunch of HS yearbooks I ended up signing. I don't remember whether anyone said that in mine or not.

For most people, it probably IS the point where you stop growing, because there's really nothing like formal education to keep you growing, if the major is one that encourages growth to begin with (the tech and science majors do not- those students will have to find extracurricular ways of maturing).

The average American stops after HS and goes off to work at a job that doesn't promote growth. It's almost understandable that we associate growth with those people who had time and money to finish their education.

 

Agreed in most part (except for the science part, which I'll explain).

One thing I focus on in my classes is the cultural worldview - the understanding of the physical and social environments - and how that creates the values, ethics and morals of a society.

In America, there are two main competing worldviews - the religious worldview with its understanding of society and nature (and supernature) is in competition with the scientific worldview, which has a different understanding. The differing understandings create different values, ethics and morals.

The scientific worldview has increasingly made inroads with each new significant discovery. This helps us understand why women's equality became increasingly important in the 20th century (as a bi-product of our understanding of procreation and women being seen as capable individuals in their own right, thanks in part to World War II) and why LGBT+ rights became increasingly important in the late 20th century (as a bi-product of our understanding of biology and genetics).

Children often learn the religious worldview at home, but the scientific worldview is learned in the educational system, which is why the religious right is so hellbent on deconstructing our education system.

Because science (the understanding of nature) and the social sciences (the understanding of society) directly deal with core parts of the cultural worldview, it is not surprising to see individuals in the relevant fields being much more liberal. Anthropology is a great example of that influence, given it is a social science that focuses on the origins of humanity and the origins of society and is often rated as having the most liberal professors in all of academia. Because commerce, various industrial and vocational fields focus less on educational material that hit the core aspects related to the core components of a cultural worldview, individuals who study those fields are often more conservative.

 

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunch-discussions-145-crazification.html

 

Honestly, we should sticky this article in P&CE.

 

It's probably the degree to which my own town was infected by tech people of the worst kind. If I had a dollar for every geek I went to HS with who became a libertarian after he got his engineering degree, I'd have a lot of dollars.

When I think of "Science", I almost always think first of the tech fields, not medicine, archaeology, never stuff that might grow someone.. that's my own fault for my upbringing in a tech town.

 

There's a variety of factors that foster growth. School is one of them, will add that extracurricular activities are beneficial regardless of major. I have a lot of fondness working for my school's newspaper for instance and have a couple of good friends from it.

I should add that travel plays a big role in growth. Not for work but for fun and not driving an hour to camp but driving 4+ or flying somewhere. It was transformative driving to Wyoming with a friend, stopping along the Badlands.

 

Pretty much the truth. If I have stayed in the US during the aughts instead of working overseas, I doubt I would have changed much.

 

This might be the most brilliant thing that you have done.

 

The Badlands almost counts as a visit to another planet.

 

Ah! The party of small government and free market capitalism…

DeSantis: From the congressional perspective, they need to look at antitrust with these massive companies because they are exercising massive amounts of power over our society. pic.twitter.com/6aff7DTZX0

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 30, 2022

 

IOKIYAR:

Is Lindsey Graham soliciting campaign contributions on government property? pic.twitter.com/Y0kxPbxRkX

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 30, 2022

 

But can Herschel guarantee it won't be used for GF abortions?

 

Again, IOIYAR especially a rich one…

 

You don’t need better lawyers, you need to read the laws:

1598145509947891712 is not a valid tweet id

 

I’m sure it brings down inflation two points:

Sounds like Jordan wants to investigate Apple for not advertising on Twitter pic.twitter.com/Ls0zrolrw4

— Acyn (@Acyn) December 1, 2022

 

Yep. In Texass...

 

So in addition to the usual suspects I've heard Trump, Gabbard and the Pillow Guy suggested as House Speakers. Anyone I've missed?

 

Milo Y.

 

Didn't know where to post this gem. Seems GOP related.
Chris Christie's niece bites officers at New Orleans airport | Crime/Police | nola.com

 

Not enough snacks in the plane?

 

Kirstie Alley died.

On the bright side, Shelley Long was light years better on Cheers, is not a complete dumbshit as far as I know, and is thankfully still quite alive.

 

She’s a Christie, so there aren’t enough snacks on ANY plane.

 

Shelley Long wasn't in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.