The scary thing about the Repugnant Party is its ignorant cult base, which disdains science, verifiable facts and even law & order. The manipulative politicians discovered this cult mentality by accident when a conspiracy driven, mentally defective conman garnered great support and they latched onto it, knowing it was all a con game. N…
The scary thing about the Repugnant Party is its ignorant cult base, which disdains science, verifiable facts and even law & order. The manipulative politicians discovered this cult mentality by accident when a conspiracy driven, mentally defective conman garnered great support and they latched onto it, knowing it was all a con game. Now they are stuck trying to figure out logically how to play it before enuf intelligent ppl pull back the curtain and see the fraud. There are 74 million verifiable idiots out there in the cult base, so it’s worth a gamble. Even tho they have put idiots in Congress like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene who yesterday filed a bill to fire Dr. Fauci without having a clue that Congress can’t do that. He is protected in his position by civil service regs and can’t be fired without cause, which there are none because he follows science & not politics as required of his position. The same with the Repugnant Georgia legislators who do not understand the concept of symbiosis & want to start a trade war with Delta Airlines. I have been thru the Atlanta Airport – you need a tram to get from one Delta concourse to another. Delta gets tax breaks as incentive to locate in Atlanta, the same as movie studios and tech industries. But, these companies rely on intelligent workers of many races who may not want to live in 1950s Dixie. Also, these companies are subject to approval of a diverse public who may boycott them if they side with bigots.
I believe every individual who desires to run for public office should be required to first pass a basic civics test. The purpose of the test is not to classify them by party or determine their position on issues. It's to determine if they are qualified to serve in government as an elected official. I fear too many presently are distinctly unqualified. After all, many professions require those serving in them to be qualified, tested, and licensed. Why not politicians? Please spare me the response that this is the purpose and role of elections. If you respond this way you will force me to take the position that voters, with only appropriate accommodations should have to pass a civics test as well. Remember we already place that requirement on immigrants to become citizens in order to vote. If it is required of immigrants to earn citizenship, can we not at least require it of aspiring politicians?
The scary thing about the Repugnant Party is its ignorant cult base, which disdains science, verifiable facts and even law & order. The manipulative politicians discovered this cult mentality by accident when a conspiracy driven, mentally defective conman garnered great support and they latched onto it, knowing it was all a con game. Now they are stuck trying to figure out logically how to play it before enuf intelligent ppl pull back the curtain and see the fraud. There are 74 million verifiable idiots out there in the cult base, so it’s worth a gamble. Even tho they have put idiots in Congress like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene who yesterday filed a bill to fire Dr. Fauci without having a clue that Congress can’t do that. He is protected in his position by civil service regs and can’t be fired without cause, which there are none because he follows science & not politics as required of his position. The same with the Repugnant Georgia legislators who do not understand the concept of symbiosis & want to start a trade war with Delta Airlines. I have been thru the Atlanta Airport – you need a tram to get from one Delta concourse to another. Delta gets tax breaks as incentive to locate in Atlanta, the same as movie studios and tech industries. But, these companies rely on intelligent workers of many races who may not want to live in 1950s Dixie. Also, these companies are subject to approval of a diverse public who may boycott them if they side with bigots.
I believe every individual who desires to run for public office should be required to first pass a basic civics test. The purpose of the test is not to classify them by party or determine their position on issues. It's to determine if they are qualified to serve in government as an elected official. I fear too many presently are distinctly unqualified. After all, many professions require those serving in them to be qualified, tested, and licensed. Why not politicians? Please spare me the response that this is the purpose and role of elections. If you respond this way you will force me to take the position that voters, with only appropriate accommodations should have to pass a civics test as well. Remember we already place that requirement on immigrants to become citizens in order to vote. If it is required of immigrants to earn citizenship, can we not at least require it of aspiring politicians?
Delta and Coca-Cola have come out and said the right words. But what are they going to DO?