*gasp* SCANDAL! John Kerry was transported to the US by a C-17

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Politics is a form of tribalism. People need to understand

and internalize this. that is the first step to fix the problem.

Because right now we are watching two tribes wishing the worst on the other side and unable to see that the other side is honest in their love of nation, concern for the future, and that are honest in what they think.

This is quite frankly what civil wars can be made off.

I completely disagree with my rep in city council. We cover it. He is from the Ron and Rand Paul (and Ayn Rand school of economics). He have asked him some questions no other media will ask. Not because I hate him, I actually had to since I was rather curious. He was railing against the government at the dais. Standard language. So later I asked him if he was aware he was cashing a government check? His mind seemed to grind to a stop for a second and then came the standard answer, I am a businessman I run a business.

I pointed out that under city charter he could not be running a business. (Yeah, yeah I read that crap). He was not happy. You could see that cognitive disonance really take hold, if just a second.

Two weeks later he voted to remove taxi medallion limits...and he was very honest and internally consistent. He saw it as a way for these people to run their own business.

We disagree politically. But he is not a bad man, or a monster. His brain (and there is science to this statement, increasingly) is literally different than mine.