What would Reagan do?
He would do what the lobbyists and corporations who paid for his election told him to do, just like almost every politician has for decades and decades. Reagan and Clinton had little to do with the economic boom of the 90’s. Bush’s tax cuts are directly responsible for increased poverty rates and a lack of wage growth. This has been cited by numerous organizations, both partisan and non.
What AIDS crisis? Are you kidding? Do you understand that for most of the 90’s, heterosexuals were a more at risk group than homosexuals? Have you seen the devastation AIDS is creating in Africa? Have you seen the statistics of pregnancy and STD’s for “abstinence-based” educated youth? How many times have you had unprotected sex with someone? When was the last time you had an HIV test? Never? That would be the average. Stop homo’s from screwing each other in a bathhouse? If you really think AIDS is still confined to the homosexual population, I fear for your health.
The article link at the bottom of this post is a copy of a speech by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It is long, that is a fact. You will probably not agree with everything it says, regardless of your leanings politically. I believe it says many things that need to be heard by everyone. As many of you know, in lifting we can sometimes peak and cease growing. In order to continue to grow stronger, we have to try out different lifts, stretch ourselves. Note Dan John’s talk of wide experience.
I fully believe this is true for mental strength as well. As a Renegade, it is a firm belief of mine that strength comes from operating in chaotic environments that we may not like, that adversity breeds resilience and power. I try to engage people of opposing political views often, so that I hear different opinions. No one ever has the full story or all the facts when it comes to something as complex as modern American society.
Take the time to read the below article, reach outside the box and try a different lift for your brain, the results may be uncomfortable, but you will grow. Vigorous debate is how the Founding Fathers settled on our governmental structure. They listened to opposing viewpoints with an open mind and then made rebuttals.
Quotes from the article:
"There is nothing wrong with having business people in government. It?s a good thing if you?re objective is to recruit competence and expertise "
“protecting the environment is not about protecting the fishes and the birds for their own sake but it?s about recognizing that nature is the infrastructure of our communities and that if we want to meet our obligation as a generation, as a civilization, as a nation which is to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment and good health.”
Those of Us Who Know That America?s Worth Fighting for Have to Take It Back Now from Those Who Don?t
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0916-27.htm