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Talking Brook: 'Yaron Brook Show'
Economy and state ought to be separated, according to Dr. Brook. The fact that the bureaucrats lambasted Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates this ideal. There are few things that “piss” off Dr. Brook like government asking pointless and stupid questions. Dr. Brook finds that Zuckerberg doesn’t understand many things about free speech, but that does not take away from the young man’s brilliance. The Congress People who blew their lids against one of the most productive minds in human history posed the most asinine and unrelated queries. The Libra foundation has a white paper or an outline of various ideas that lets private individuals know what the currency will entail. Zuckerberg is touting the Libra to further expand his business, and create more wealth for himself. Is this what the Congress People wanted to hinder, or even halt? The competition is fierce on the web, as sites like Google and Amazon go head-to-head to track the production and consumption actions of individuals. Facebook wishes to create a type of money to allow for the free flow of the innovative currency in the market.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Political Opinion: GOP Party
In the beginning of US history, the Republican Party was about helping the citizens first. But now in 2019, I have been hearing on the news: GOP is jumping ship. I can't help but to wonder, did they even think about their voters? Before quitting their jobs, did the GOP stop for five minutes in their spare time of the people? The people who relied on them to make better policies, so that owners could keep their small businesses up and running? Conservative parents and non-parents who wish to see more job opportunities in their local neighborhoods? With the debate on gun control, republicans have run away out of sight, leaving us scratching our heads, pondering how they failed to act upon something serious and heinous. Do not get me wrong, I am part of the Independent Party. I am not in favor of conservative ideals. I am just worried where this country is heading. A small percentage still try to help the US in any way they can. There was an article on the news of a female senator in the state of Oregon. She sent the cops to go after a group of republicans, because they refused to show up to decide on a bill about climate change. If you ask me, thats pretty nuts. Politicians should be more competent than this. (R-M) Susan Collins herself is another culprit herself. When a young woman walked up to her to ask what will be done about the school shootings, Susan vaguely said she did not have much to comment. Granted, there is not much she could possibly talk about, but the American people do have the right to know if they will be safe. (R-TX) Will Hurd marks as the fifth republican of Texas to leave during a time there was a crisis. He goes on to say: The reason he left congress was because of Trump's inaction of handling gun policy. I understand it's a way to object against our president. But wouldn't it make sense to stay and band together, to come up with an idea of their own? Try to push the idea until it gets approved? Sure, creating new laws takes a certain amount of time before anything is decided. I don't want republicans to take over the White House. I just feel the GOP is not going to be able to get back up after they have fallen. It has been hard for the GOP to defend for Trump, after so many terrible comments from the president himself. The public opinion is wavering, and not a single sign of hope is tangible at this point. It breaks my heart the GOP has decided to forget about the people who voted for them into office, after placing all their trust to get certain things done. By leaving their seats, the republicans are leaving America behind.
By Kristen Dean6 years ago in The Swamp
"Talking Brook: 'Yaron Brook Show: Harvard & Race, Trump & Impeachment'"
Two topics tangle with each other in this offering of The Yaron Brook Show. The Students for Fair Admissions claimed that Asians had a quota, and the policies behind the politics of the Trump impeachment. Dr. Brook lasers in on the idea that Harvard is accepting smaller numbers of applicants even though a greater amount of students apply to go to the Ivy League university. Dr. Brook agrees that Harvard should have the right to have whatever system it chooses to use as a private school. He says that parts of the Civil Rights Act ought to be redacted out of the law of the land.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Law Enforcement: Brutality and Bias
Since the beginning we as human beings have assessed the world around us in an attempt to understand the possible dangers and continue the life long struggle of self-preservation. During this time our minds have created what we call defaults about certain subjects, items and experiences. For example, if you find yourself tripping over that rug by the door multiple times, eventually you will either move the rug or be more conscious about stepping over it. This is the skill set of the unconscious mind, the power tool used to help us navigate our world seamlessly. But what happens when our conscious observations are built from lessons learned unnecessarily? What happens when what we subconsciously show as biased ends up offending someone? This is inevitable in a sense that we all learn and experience life differently. Thus, issues like racism are born and what seemed like innate fears are subconscious manifestations of our learned behavior. In today's society this issue rears its ugly head in a new light with the involvement of our law enforcement. With reports pouring in practically every day about a police officer who "brutally" shot and killed someone of color and social media being the center of our news source today, it's difficult to see both sides and whether or not our own "Protect and Serve" law enforcement is truly responsible for this. This is exactly what I am trying to understand and I hope I can help others see a bigger picture as well. Let it be known that I am in no way defending either side here, I am simply assessing the evidence and making an educated theory as to how issues like racism and police brutality have come to be and remain and also how they can be resolved.
By Genuine Kaeo6 years ago in The Swamp
"Talking Brook: 'Yaron Brook Show: Greta Thunberg & the Power of Moral Idealism'"
As a diver leaps into the watery deep, Dr. Brook jumps into the topic of climate change. He says that he will handle the new, youthful face of the environmentalist movement, Greta Thunberg, with respect. He says that he can do it with better temperament and judgment than the right and with more truth than the left. Dr. Brook finds that Greta is just a byproduct of the vicious lies taught in schools that the world is going to end “tomorrow.” From kindergarten, the ideals remain because most parents “don’t challenge [their child’s] teachers.” He’s correct about how the youth are hooked at a young age on environmentalist propaganda. Movies like Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest (1992) and Avatar (2009), and television animated series such as Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1993-1996) all serve to reinforce what is taught in schools to children.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Political and Corporate Truthfulness
Political and corporate truthfulness. We have, in Britain, a trades description act that is supposed to ensure that all claims for a service or product are accurate and truthful. Advertisements for products often appear to avoid this concept; but it may be that everything is in the definition. For example water can be described as gentle and non abrasive, yet geologically it has been proven to wear through rocks. So a definition of water being non abrasive should include the comment, “within a time span of less than 20 years.”
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
Politics and "Joined Up" Thinking
Politics, and “joined up” thinking. Why political objectives end up going wrong. Many politicians claim they have the answer to a nation's problems; some of the more ego-driven ones think they can solve all the world's problems. So, why after all this time are there still problems for just about everyone, maybe except the super rich, in the world? The reason is in that politics does not deal with reality. It does not involve thinking through all the cause-and-effect situations. Politicians consider a problem in isolation, and they come up with resolutions that may be good, IF they were isolated from the actual reality of the whole situation. At an absurd level, it is like solving the problem of water getting into a boat by making a hole below the water line, to let it drain out. The electorates, in modern democracies, elect people to solve problems. At least, that is the basic idea, but political parties have found all sorts of ways of getting their people elected, without even promising to actually solve real problems. The most common tactic is to call it a social fact of life, a problem, and promise to solve it. For example, socialists promise equality for all. They know, and every thinking person knows, that equality of opportunity is not the same thing, since equality of achievement will never happen; humans are too variable for that. Some are better at some things than others. So, the socialist bosses know that equality for all, including the lazy and the feckless, is never going to be worthwhile, nor even desirable. Yet, they get elected on this promise of equality for all.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
Talking Brook: 'Yaron Brook Show: Turkey in Syria & the Danger of Elizabeth Warren'
Like a juggernaut returning to war, Dr. Brook goes back to the battlefield of politics. Dr. Brook wants to start with foreign policy. The good doctor mentions that he did a show in December where he details President Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria. Trump was being played and manipulated to leave Syria. Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis stepped down on information that related to this information. Dr. Brook says that mainly the Kurds supported in the wiping out of ISIS. The Iraq War saw the Kurds fight with the United States and continued that bond in that region. As the United States abandons the Kurds in favor of Turkey, he points out that the Middle Eastern country is moving towards totalitarianism.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Am I Ethical?
During my freshman year as a political science student, my academic adviser once lamented that most of the students in his Politics and Corruption course had a difficult problem recognizing a moral or ethical question. That was in 1973, barely a year after the Watergate break in.
By Tim Brunson6 years ago in The Swamp
Regulation for the Sake of Regulation Is Just Populism
The 21st century can be called the century of regulation. The freedom of the market has become quite rampant thanks to technology, and the governments are trying their best to keep things under control.
By Giorgi Mikhelidze6 years ago in The Swamp
