Why NOT to vote Republican

[JaneV2.0]

I was a little inspired by Obama early on, but my historical perspective has pretty much been picking the lesser of the evils to different degrees. I did like McGovern.

McGovern was largely responsible for the 1977 Dietary Goals for the United States, also known as the "McGovern Report," that pretty much kicked off forty years of increasing obesity, diabetes, and cancer in this country. I believe I once voted for him, and I'm truly sorry.

[bae]

Apparently DeSantis' Florida has just approved some PragerU instructional videos for the K-6 classrooms.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/educat...videos-schools

I went and looked at some samples. This is not the Schoolhouse Rock of my youth....

Fun times.

[frugal-one]

Tell me about it. No way would I vote for Orange Man again and I will NOT vote for Grandpa Joe. I think he’s clearly too old for the job.

A traitor or someone you consider too old. Come on... if those are the options there is only one choice.

[JaneV2.0]

People voted for the doddering and clearly senile Reagan. Of course, he was a Republican--maybe they just had lowered expectations.

[Rogar]

McGovern was largely responsible for the 1977 Dietary Goals for the United States, also known as the "McGovern Report," that pretty much kicked off forty years of increasing obesity, diabetes, and cancer in this country. I believe I once voted for him, and I'm truly sorry.

The alternative was Nixon.

I had to look up the McGovern Report. The common take on it is more positive than your experiences, but proper nutrition seems to be a moving target.

[JaneV2.0]

Eleven servings of bread or other starchy carbohydrates plus de-emphasizing animal foods set the ball rolling.

But Reagan being his opponent certainly explains my vote.

[Rogar]

McGovern ran against Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. Carter and Mondale ran against Reagan in 1980 and 1984. I can always benefit from a history wiki review

[Rogar]

Apparently DeSantis' Florida has just approved some PragerU instructional videos for the K-6 classrooms.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/educat...videos-schools

Amazing. If I had school age children this would not be acceptable. I imagine there are alternatives like private schools or home schooling, but it would be temping just to move away.

[flowerseverywhere]

Apparently DeSantis' Florida has just approved some PragerU instructional videos for the K-6 classrooms.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/educat...videos-schools

I went and looked at some samples. This is not the Schoolhouse Rock of my youth....

Fun times.

Imagine being a teacher here and having to teach Jesus if you are atheist or Jewish. Or having it taught to your non Christian children.

[jp1]

How is a grand jury selected and what efforts are insure they are unbiased or filter out prejudice? I don't know the answer, but I would assume it is not politicized by the DOJ, which has been the accusation in other instances.

Do we assume everything involving people is political.

I’ve only known one person to ever sit on a grand jury. He was called the same as one gets called for regular jury duty. It was a four hour commitment daily for a month or so and paid better than regular jury duty. Since he was a school teacher at the time he viewed it as a nice summer job. That was in New York State but I assume the process is similar most places but that’s just my assumption.