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1] " The Coldest Winter : America and The Korean War " by David Halberstam And today I began 2] " Bradley : A Soldier`s Story " by General Omar Bradley :) |
1] " The Coldest Winter : America and The Korean War " by David Halberstam
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The major publisher who controlled Time and Life Magazines as well as several major daily papers Henry Luce was ordering that reports from his journalists in the field as to what was actually happening in China with the Communists and the Free China forces be rewritten to reflect his personal view . One of the major reporters was Theodore White who got so disgusted that he posted a sign on his office in Taiwan that said " Any resemblance between what is actually written in this office and published under my name in Time is purely coincidental . [ this speaks to the long practiced tradition of those who control the editorial offices more often than not seek to mold public opinion to their liking ] . After WWII ended we allowed our military to become poorly equipped and poorly trained and under staffed and they were completely unprepared for the outbreak of the Korean invasion by the North Koreans and the Chinese Communist Armies . How`s that for my book report . |
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As for my neighbors? They are no longer here. But, I have no animosity toward liberals. They can't help it if they have been protected all their lives and are ignorant of such ideas as Freedom, Liberty and Morals. You can't hate folks that are ignorant. You just have to work with them and try to teach them the error of their ways. You have to teach them that socialism is not being progressive, but regressive and doomed to failure. No economy can sustain socialism long term. America tried socialism in it's beginning via the Mayflower Compact and failed. They learned where other countries did not. Because our youth are ignorant and badly educated, Bernie is able to easily mislead them with his great socialism. He is the pied piper of socialism, but at least he is one liberal that admits that he is a socialist. Hillary tried and gave up trying to out-socialize him when she learned that it wasn't working for her. She has to keep her leftist lean toward socialism camouflaged as liberalism. I'll take Capitalism over gov controlled socialism. I may not like The Donald, but he understands capitalism so he will get my vote. Once we get the economy right, the other stuff will work out. I'm not PC, so bathroom etiquette, gay marriage and black lives matter is just so much diversion that can be straightened out later. Why the gov needs to get involved anyway is a puzzle. First things first. The economy, national security, enforcing illegal invasion laws. Those are more important than gay feelings and minority attempts at bullying law enforcement. So, no liberals in the neighborhood did not harm property value. Every neighborhood should have a liberal or two to give them perspective. Everyone should "know thy enemy." |
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"Would Jesus be a liberal or a conservative?" can be answered by anyone. How people answer will depend on their own beliefs. You don't have to be a Christian to answer and there are no wrong answers. You do need to think. So why not answer the question instead of trying to analyse the person who asked?
Many people post. And if anyone drifts left of center for some people they are the enemy and lumped together as if only one person is posting. Those of you who have read a bit and seen a bit know that creating a bogeyman keeps certain groups together and keeps them angry. That is comfortable for them. The intent of my question was to learn about others but the only thing I learned is that people are more afraid of looking foolish or being wrong then going outside their comfort zone. |
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Other than opinion and speculation there can not be a valid comparison. |
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Also I was raised in a Blue Collar Catholic family . My Dad was a Union Official in his local and my Mom held local office as a Dem . They had 4 children . All went to college and paid for 100% of it themselves . All 4 went on to a Graduate Degree . One is a Teacher , one became a Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded company , one became a senior executive of a publicly traded financial institution , one became an engineer and a senior manager in a technology company . Yet unbeknown to one another until recently , all 4 of us at age 18 became and remain registered Republicans . This simple example of one family blows apart your high tone theory that the " thinking and highly educated citizens " among us will gravitate to the D-Party . |
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Isabel Briggs Myers You do understand that the quote is not mine. Liberals, conservatives, and personality traits Posted By Steve Bogira on 08.18.11 at 01:27 PM is the source I quoted. The other quote from the same article I cut and pasted that you did not mention was "A study in American Political Science Review in 2005 went further: its authors focused on identical and non-identical twins, and found that “political attitudes are influenced much more heavily by genetics than by parental socialization.” That your siblings all came to the same conclusion is in alignment with the study in American Political Science Review in 2005. Wouldn't you agree? I don't know what to think for sure. That's why I do research. It's either nature or nurture or both. I think it's both. |
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