This was the first Saturday in a while where I could just ease into the day, drink a lot of tea and read books all afternoon.
I spent most of my day reading Paul Krugman and Langston Hughes while listening to The Moody Blues, Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard and John Coltrane.
Around 7 an old friend I'd met in New Zealand came to visit. He's been an environmental lawyer in Washington for several years now. He recently got a house, married, and now he reveals he's going to be a father soon. We spent the evening dissecting the nation's issues and proposing solutions. Ironically, the conclusion of his ideas all night rested on the historical examples that large empires were kept afloat by their bureaucracies, regardless of who their leaders were. I'd imagine that isn't the most inspiring political campaign line to energize voters, but there's a truth to it.
Anyway, congratulations to Mr. Sanders on his trio of victories. I'd like to think he has a chance of swaying the bureaucracy toward responsible environmental and fiscal policies (I do in no way equate "fiscally conservative" with "fiscally responsible." I've been looking at the results.)
Above all, can Bernie win? Every candidate has uncertain chances of victory, but if people are going to vote Democratic anyway, just think of him as someone who is starting a negotiation from a hard line position in order to push the votes to a more necessary side of the table, as opposed to starting from the center and being willing to move to the right on issues regarding the future civilization of the human race on our only planet. This race will be slow and nerve-racking in any scenario, but as long as the message continues to be steady, we can win
I spent most of my day reading Paul Krugman and Langston Hughes while listening to The Moody Blues, Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard and John Coltrane.
Around 7 an old friend I'd met in New Zealand came to visit. He's been an environmental lawyer in Washington for several years now. He recently got a house, married, and now he reveals he's going to be a father soon. We spent the evening dissecting the nation's issues and proposing solutions. Ironically, the conclusion of his ideas all night rested on the historical examples that large empires were kept afloat by their bureaucracies, regardless of who their leaders were. I'd imagine that isn't the most inspiring political campaign line to energize voters, but there's a truth to it.
Anyway, congratulations to Mr. Sanders on his trio of victories. I'd like to think he has a chance of swaying the bureaucracy toward responsible environmental and fiscal policies (I do in no way equate "fiscally conservative" with "fiscally responsible." I've been looking at the results.)
Above all, can Bernie win? Every candidate has uncertain chances of victory, but if people are going to vote Democratic anyway, just think of him as someone who is starting a negotiation from a hard line position in order to push the votes to a more necessary side of the table, as opposed to starting from the center and being willing to move to the right on issues regarding the future civilization of the human race on our only planet. This race will be slow and nerve-racking in any scenario, but as long as the message continues to be steady, we can win
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