I have never in my entire life thought that the filibuster (in any form) was a good thing. I believe that the majority should rule in all cases (including--and especially--in Presidential elections). I don't care if Sinema (and Manchin) want to pretend to be all fiscally conservative when it comes to President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. But her defense of the filibuster when Republicans all across the country are passing un-American laws designed to keep certain citizens from exercising their right to vote is unconscionable. If she plays a part in preventing Congress from protecting the voting rights of all Americans, her name should go down in infamy.
That claim that Republicans are more vaccinated than Democrats is absolutely false. What, you think you can just throw that out there are and expect it to go unchallenged? Any number of studies show it to be the opposite. For example, this from NY1: The 20 states with the highest rates of residents who have received at least one vaccine dose all went to Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election, while 19 of the 21 states with the lowest vaccination rates supported Donald Trump.
A Monmouth University poll in March found that 36% of Republicans said they did not plan to get inoculated, compared to 6% of Democrats. An NPR-PBS Newshour-Marist survey around the same time found that 49% of Republican men said they would not get the shot, compared to 6% of Democratic men.
I just read a book about Galileo and his heresy trial. It's so sad to think that, 400 years later, there are still people who will worship politics while denying science.
Economics?! I'm talking about math. When my beloved wife was doing post-graduate work in Economics, I pointed out to her that, in Physics here on Earth, if you drop a ball, it's always going to accelerate toward the ground. In Economics, it might go down, it might go left or right, it might just hover in mid-air (depending on the mood of the country).
When some people try to deny the Holocaust or downplay just how horrible slavery was or, as has happened twice in the past couple weeks, try to defend the use of the three-fifth ratio when counting Black people, that absolutely is racism. There's a certain amount (or maybe even a whole lot) of that going on. My point is that claiming racism where it doesn't exist weakens the argument where it does exist and allows some people to believe that it isn't happening. It is happening...but not in math.
Dear Tucsonbass: I know lots of people who waited until after teachers and others more important than themselves got their shots. They didn't consider themselves martyrs (nor do I). They're just good, decent people who put their community and country ahead of their own individual concerns. They did what they thought was best for all instead of bleating about personal liberty and railing against mask wearing.
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A Monmouth University poll in March found that 36% of Republicans said they did not plan to get inoculated, compared to 6% of Democrats. An NPR-PBS Newshour-Marist survey around the same time found that 49% of Republican men said they would not get the shot, compared to 6% of Democratic men.
I just read a book about Galileo and his heresy trial. It's so sad to think that, 400 years later, there are still people who will worship politics while denying science.