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applegrove

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2. I think she said "both extremes" to be diplomatic. Rice has lived in Canada.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:55 PM
Oct 2019

Last edited Sat Oct 5, 2019, 12:57 AM - Edit history (5)

And worked here. She knows health care works great when it is public. Even in provinces with small populations. So too it is great when government pays 2/3rds of college expence. But she is right about voters in democracies have to be well informed and work at that. The republicans undid that civic engagement and enlightenment in their base. My grandfather took control of a small German town at the end of WWII. He was totally professional to the people because that is what winning a war required. Show them a better way. The people got together and gave him a german gun because he was so fair. I don't think he wanted to treat them with respect. He had almost died at least once. I think he lost a driver when Polish tanks ran right over his jeep while they were heading for the front. They left my grandfather for dead and found him wandering around a day later in a daze. Head injury. He used to go to Montreal after the war to visit the famous Dr. Penfield and be examined. But as the War ended, showing humanity to your captive townsfolk was the best weapon he had in his arsenal. Humanity means mercy sometimes. Sometimes it means sharing your pain and sometimes it means showing your anger. So too Susan Rice talks of two extremes and the need for americans to be informed. How else do we get there? We are at a turning point.

Tweet of the night: [View all] applegrove Oct 2019 OP
Putin wins. BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #1
I think she said "both extremes" to be diplomatic. Rice has lived in Canada. applegrove Oct 2019 #2
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