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FredZim's JournalBeto mistake: Texas alternative to Assault Weapons Ban
Beto made a political mistake for an all-out assault weapons ban in Texas.
I believe Lamb's approach in PA must be followed in Texas for any chance to win. i.e. go very light on gun regulation.
I suggest a more nuanced solution;
Anybody can own an assault weapon but must keep it at storage locker at a gun range.
Or they can join the National or State Guard to keep it at home for a "Well regulated militia"
Gun industry should like the extra revenue to store them at a gun range. And Cruz can't rant about gun control.
US Healthcare "Best in the World"?
In talking with conservatives about healthcare and public policy, I hear repeatedly that the US has the "best healthcare in the world". My response is that is like saying Italy makes the best cars in the world. Italy does make Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini and they are the best cars in the world, but it certainly doesn't mean they have best car industry. America does have an out sized proportion of world class research hospitals but that doesn't mean America's healthcare industry is meeting Americans needs.
America's Fake White People
America's problem is not fake news but fake white people. As a Caucasian I am very proud of the many accomplishments of whites. These include pretty much inventing Democracy, arguably the largest racial group contributing to science, inventing the University system (some Muslim influence as well), inventing public education as well as many other contributions.
Yet "fake white people" disregard all these things. They refuse to use science as the foundation for setting public policy, they disparage academics, they use any voter suppression they can get away and they cut funding to public education.
The past election has pitted whites who got As & Bs in school vs those who got Cs,Ds and Fs. Basically Trump supporters have been intellectually lazy their entire lives. Which is not being physically lazy or even stupid. Even being successful in business can be done while being intellectually lazy. What Trump has accomplished (with Fox News et al) is build their belief system into arrogant self identity system that for lack of a better word can be loosely defined as a "personality cult". Trump supporters will clearly never be convinced with logical reasoning or by pointing out the gross failures of their leader , something typical of a personality cult.
Once we accept that 1/3 of America is under a "cult" and to pretty much write them off. We then need to plan according in getting the remaining 2/3 to the polls.
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