The year was 1815, and my great-great-great-great-great grandfather Pierre Henry landed in his new home in Prussia. He was one soldier in the French Army which was part of Napoleon’s failed Russia campaign, and he was one of thousands of soldiers who did not make it back to France. He did not die as a …
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Would I leave the United States?
Over my life, especially since I came to political awareness during the Bush administration, I have often thought about whether it would be worth leaving the United States. The United States has a lot of issues, until 2014 people like me had no guarantee of health insurance, college education is very expensive in this country, …
Today’s realization
The last time a Democratic President was succeeded by another Democrat through an election since the parties realigned was never. It has simply never happened. I’m only going to focus on the last 100 years. The last time we ran a progressive Democrat after a retiring Democratic President was in 1952 when we ran Adlai …
My experience with Cerebral Palsy
It is absolutely impossible to understand my life without understanding that I have had cerebral palsy since the day I was born. Having cerebral palsy means that it forced me to have a strong sense of social justice for my entire life, because people with my condition have literally been murdered simply for existing. Family …
Procrastination is not a virtue
Today is the second day of the third Democratic trifecta of my life. President Biden is planning on sign the executive orders he can to fix most of the damage Trump did through executive orders, which is exactly what President Biden should be doing this week. Soon eyes will turn across the lawn to the …
Which side are you on?
Today we will know for sure where every politician stands compared to values. The easiest way for me to explain this is from the perspective of Germany in 1933, where the 4 main parties had very different policies SPD The SPD had strong actions backing their values. They always opposed the forces of evil no …
The 2008 election is still relevant
On 8 November 1960 Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon for the Presidency of the United States. Future President Kennedy won 49.72% of the vote, and went on to be a deeply remembered President for the 3 years until he was shot on 22 November 1963. He didn’t get much legislation passed …
Preparing for a trifecta
The 2020 elections saw the Democrats pick up the Presidency, lose seats in the House, and have less than a 25% chance of a trifecta if they manage to win both seats in Georgia according to PaddyPower. In this most likely scenario, with a Democratic President and House along a Republican Senate, how should Democrats …
Lessons for 2024 from the Primary
The 2020 primary election continues to be discussed on social media, and I personally believe this is a good thing. Joe Biden and the rest of his caucus seriously under performed in November, and we cannot afford to under perform again in 2024. We need to understand what really happened, and what needs to change …
The 2020 election in perspective
Short post for today, but the point is pretty simple. The year started with a 33% drop in GDP. An epidemic has killed over 300,000 Americans. The President blocked medicine from coming into this country to reduce the severity of the epidemic. The Senate blocked stimulus bills for Americans who had lost their jobs. Unemployment …