The Biden Administration and All Things Politics

[LogGrad98]

The worship of trump is just so strange. I liked obama and supported him but would never have attended an obama rally or bought merchandise that featured him. People act like trump is their god. Its very very strange behavior.

For many politics has become religion. IMO anyone who makes blanket statements about their side and the other side are treating the issues more like dogma than political platforms. Trumps religious followers have crossed the lines to become zealots, so that is why it is so much more dangerous. But the religious adherents on both sides are what is driving the rift between the parties and stalling out our government. The belief that my side can do no wrong (i.e. is the "true" political religious) and your side is always wrong (i.e. the "false" political religion) is a cancer that is growing and eating away at our political and social structure and hamstringing our government in ways that will have decades of implications. And that cancer is fed by the endless stream of confirmation bias everyone gets on social media. It is really frightening.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

the religious adherents on both sides are what is driving the rift between the parties and stalling out our government.

The thing stalling our government is sanity. One side has no current power. The other side has majorities in the Senate, House, and President. They can do whatever they want without compromise. The only thing holding them back is that they all aren't morons. When 'defund the police' was a huge thing, it didn't get farther than it did because some, regardless of what they may have been saying publicly, thought that cutting police might not be a good idea. When the tenth mult-trillion dollar spending bill was being debated, some of the sane started glancing at the rising rate of inflation and pulled their support. When public support for mask mandates started to wane, some of the sane pivoted to move back in the direction of normalcy and away from mandates.

Religious adherents are the ones who want to run in a direction at warp speed. It is the sane who stall them.

 

[fishonjazz]

Didnt know where to put this but i think its awesome.

U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, ending the twice-annual changing of clocks in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity.

www.reuters.com

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[fishonjazz]

Im shocked it hasnt been discussed yet. Huge news imo


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[One Brow]

Didnt know where to put this but i think its awesome.

I would prefer permanent end of daylight time, if we had to choose one. When your at the eastern end of a time zone, it's dark for while in the morning under daylight time. Kids died because cars didn't see them.

The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian

The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black"...

www.washingtonian.com

 

[fishonjazz]

I would prefer permanent end of daylight time, if we had to choose one. When your at the eastern end of a time zone, it's dark for while in the morning under daylight time. Kids died because cars didn't see them.

The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian

The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black"...

www.washingtonian.com

I prefer the way it is now. I like it light outside later for longer.
I think as a country we should simply put it to a vote. I wished we used voting for things instead of for people more often.

 

[Gameface]

I prefer permanent daylight savings time. But I've never experienced that in the middle of winter so I don't know how weird it will be for it to be dark until about 8:50am.

Maybe the solution is for schools and other institutions to have seasonal changes in their hours/schedules. Middle of winter, don't start school until 10AM.

 

[fishonjazz]

I prefer permanent daylight savings time. But I've never experienced that in the middle of winter so I don't know how weird it will be for it to be dark until about 8:50am.

Maybe the solution is for schools and other institutions to have seasonal changes in their hours/schedules. Middle of winter, don't start school until 10AM.

That's an idea and there are many others.
More street lights. More school speed limit lights and crosswalks. Put lights on kids backpacks. More education for drivers and children about safety in these scenarios. Parents walk with their kids to school when possible. (Seems to me that kids are mostly driven to school anymore)
I'm sure there are a bunch of other measures that could be taken even extreme things like making crosswalks similar to railroad crossings with the barriers that come down.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

I prefer permanent daylight savings time. But I've never experienced that in the middle of winter so I don't know how weird it will be for it to be dark until about 8:50am.

Maybe the solution is for schools and other institutions to have seasonal changes in their hours/schedules. Middle of winter, don't start school until 10AM.

The time change is really the only opportunity I have to experience time travel. My beard is longer, my kids seem so much older, and then months later the reverse happens. I highly recommend staying up and experiencing time travel for yourself. People sleeping through it don't know what they are missing.

The funny thing is was already done in the 70's and it was universally hated and it was reverted just a few months later. Maybe advances in night lights will be the difference maker.

And for the record, it is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

That's an idea and there are many others.
More street lights. More school speed limit lights and crosswalks. Put lights on kids backpacks. More education for drivers and children about safety in these scenarios. Parents walk with their kids to school when possible. (Seems to me that kids are mostly driven to school anymore)
I'm sure there are a bunch of other measures that could be taken even extreme things like making crosswalks similar to railroad crossings with the barriers that come down.

As you stated earlier, Americans are willing to accept some deaths in trade for not being inconvenienced. Now you'll never have to change your clocks again!

I wonder if we'll see a similar backlash as we did in the 70s. People always want to fight over something.

 

[Avery]

I don't care what they choose, just let me stop needing to change ten clocks in my house.

 

[fishonjazz]

I don't care what they choose, just let me stop needing to change ten clocks in my house.

Ya I like how it is right now but if the majority want it to stay on how it was before then I'm cool with that too. Let's just pick one time as a country and stick with it