A well-respected Georgia newspaper columnist I love and admire, but rarely agree with even though I am certain he is a registered Republican as am I, is quick to point out the liberalism of colleges and universities. That our students in Ivory Tower bastions of learning are being fed platitudes of socialism and far left acrimony.
No. This is not true. This attitude toward liberal education in this country is something this columnist falls back on because he can. It is convenient.
If these liberal education hell-holes did exist as I have read they do, there would be protesting on college campuses in every state. They would be protesting and demanding an American President that cared more about America and less about Russia. They would want a President that cared more about children and the environment. They would storm the towers! Something would be burning somewhere. We didn’t start the fire.
It is not happening. College campuses are docile as they await the fall semester. There is no protesting en masse. There is no protesting at all. Where are all these kids that have been fed liberal propaganda from their tree-hugging professors?
They are not out there. They don’t care that much. They are waiting for this storm to pass and to do better for the future. It won’t be difficult.
We learned, I suppose. All that protesting and singing in the 60s. You know, the music that went along with a good protest? It didn’t matter. Music, for all its significance, didn’t change the political world. We only thought it did. We only thought it would. It won’t. It didn’t.
Make America Great Again. That was the mantra during the 2016 campaign. How’s that working out for you? I think America has gotten worse.
I know of a landscaping company in North Carolina that depends on H-2B Visas for seasonal workers from South of the American border to keep up the work and help to sustain the jobs of 150 Americans that work for the company. It is all done through legal channels and has been good for all workers involved. This particular company had to turn down a $400,000 contract because they did not have the seasonal workers needed thanks to restrictions placed on H-2B Visas. I hope no Americans lose their jobs.
But you don’t hear about that do you? God Bless America.
Yes, I am a Republican. I have not switched my political party affiliation. I am praying for better days.
This is where I will catch hell. But, as the page suggests, I speak the rights.
In the parking lot of IUS in January of 1995, I listened as Newt Gingrich gave the speech of the 104th Congress when the Republicans gained a great many spots in the House. I was all in. I didn’t so much love Newt Gingrich as I was enamored with the party of Ronald Reagan. That and, even more so, I was not a fan of whiny Democrats.
Let me put this in microcosm.
I did not like the Democrats back in the day because they seemed to be a whiny, we know better than you bunch and you have to be wrong and mean if you don’t agree with us. I didn’t like that.
Today I am just as put off by the Republicans because of their “Holier than Thou” attitude. I abhor that.
Our current President has it made it easy to root for the other side…and it is less painful than rooting for the Republicans. I hope and pray the day that change comes around for me to witness. It might take a while.
Has anyone out there heard of John Kasich? Have you heard him lately, Republicans? If yes, how do feel?
These are Strange Times.
We have a President that wants to play footsie with the Russia leader and denounce NATO allies.
I believe this country was much safer in the Cold War when the USA and the USSR had bombs pointed at each other.
The guy doesn’t know enough about history to be President. But he is. He proves it daily by putting people down and deciding he didn’t mean what he said the day before.
You want to call that leadership? Go ahead and keep fooling yourself.
One day things will be better for the Republican Party. I just hope I live to see it. I have a feeling I will see plenty of suffering due to trade wars gone bad and a guy who thinks being the President of the United States is another reality TV show. And the kids at university won’t give him the time of day until they wise up and turn the tide.
Speaking the rights…
Danny Johnson