"The conservative position isn't that they want the states to have the right to give you more freedom, they want the states to have the right to take it away."
Same as brexit here in the UK. The big brexit slogan was “take back control”. Only it wasn’t the public who voted brexit who were getting that control. It was the Tory party who want to take away our freedoms to protest, our workers protections, and our basic human rights who took back control of us
what good does a lighthouse do in a hurricane? being serious here, Beau's great, but what good does it do in a hurricane? it'll be hard to see through the rain, and the waves will be crushing your boat anyway. ... now, if it was a birdhouse for your soul.....
Personally, trying to digest that is giving me HORRIBLE indigestion! 🤢 Fortunately, Beau is better than Pepto Bismal for this particular challenge... 😏
Oh? I'd say that is entirely to be expected from someone with even less self awareness than competence. At least the rerunning part. The leading part fits too, if you remember that you can make a (very cynical) minority happy by making the majority a lot worse off.
Actually, that is why the founders created the electoral college. It was to keep someone who was charismatic, but unqualified or incompetent from ever actually becoming president. Unfortunately, it has been corrupted so that now we get the unqualified forced upon us when the popular vote tries to give us someone better.
Beau, you missed the most interesting point about Biden’s ancestor being pardoned…. he was a well regarded figure in the military, and 3 military leaders wrote the petition to Lincoln and included the fact this man was instrumental in the fight against insurrectionists. That was the gist of it, anyway. I thought that was amazing given the fight the latter day Biden is engaged in.
@@KOKO-uu7yd The 80-year cycle that sees the rise of the violent right-wing political movements was also when two of America's greatest presidents governed. Lincoln and Roosevelt both met the threat of violent far right-wing political movements and defeated them. Both Lincoln and Roosevelt died in office. We are at the peak of the 80-year cycle and again we see the rise of violent far-right political movements. Let's hope Joe is the right president at the right time like Lincoln and Roosevelt were. America's greatest presidents are great because they fought the tyranny of the violent far-right!
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😂😂😂Absolutely. That one has me laughing so hard. I love Beau and not just for his awesome looks and amazing body, love for his sweet family and animals he cares for-he is brilliant and so inspiring. ❤
Back in the 1980’s I recognized that we were capable of undermining our own country (Oklahoma Federal Bldg.) all by ourselves, even without The Soviet Union’s threats to destroy us.
@@intuitionz1198 Well it was a nice idea and not as stupid as it seems. They just forgot one thing you must force that wealth to Trickle down. You now what that system is called? Sociale democracy and lots of nice country's in Europe have that system.
I wonder if you distilled the electorate back down to white property owners if the outcome would have been the same? Not necessarily making social comments, but just wanted to point out the founders had a different view of "we the people"
Drumpf ending up dead last on that presidential ranking made me all warm and fuzzy inside. Obama ending up in seventh place should have gotten more coverage, though. That's the part that really has to piss them (you know who) off.
Yet he misses the mark with regards to the founding fathers take on political factionalism… Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison. Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men. Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property. Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation. They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people. “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
I think the quote you were looking for is "A republic, if you can keep it." keeping in mind that Benjamin Franklin was predisposed toward providing advice, and was educated enough to know that kind of government they were proposing was not democracy in the sense of direct democracy, which had failed in Athens. It is yet to be determined how representative democracy will fare here. I am hopeful though, because - although I am handy with firearms, the idea of having to use them to preserve our way of life, and all that would entail in terms of lost lives, seems like a terrible waste. Especially since it will all come down to sitting down and talking to each other, which we can just start with instead.
@@jamesbrennan98you seem knowledgeable so I have a question if you have time to answer sir. Why did Athens democracy fail? I know why Rome fell but not Athens. If its too long to explain over post I understand & will do the research myself but if you have time can you help me learn a little. lol
@@Bgrk The fall of Athens as a major regional player was due to Rome annexing the Greek lands and taking over the formerly Greek foreign affairs over the late penultimate to early last century BCE, near the end of the Roman Republic. But Athens didn't exactly disappear; it still remained a significant centre of culture, trade, and science, and after Western Roman Empire disappeared from the scene, you'd notice that in the East Roman Empire, there were an awful lot of people who considered themselves Romans and whose main language was Greek. If you meant, why'd the focus shift away from Athens as a city-state to the Greek cultural region - that would be because of cultural and commercial shifts due to advances in land-based transport infrastructure. Greek city-states maintained distinct identities when they were isolated-ish, and the main way to get around with reasonable speed involved boarding a ship. As the Roman enthusiasm for building vias on the dry land reached Greece, the Greek world got a bit smaller, people started to travel from city to city by walking, and the people in the neighbouring city suddenly started to look a little bit less like "Those annyoing strangers down the coast" and a little bit more like "Those fellow Greeks down the road, they're a little bit weird but they're okay". Why would this be a factor even though walking was actually slower than shipping? Because walking was dirt cheap, and shipping was not. Classic disruptive technology.
Re-read the Iliad and the Odyssey this year. If you haven't, anyone, pick it up. The Odyssey is all side trips. Ahh, if only his crew hadn't eaten the cattle sacred to Apollo.
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I am not commenting on this video but I do think we could give the people of Texas a cheer the stood up against the court in Houston They have a law on the books you will get 500.00 fine for feeding the homeless. The courts have tried to convict about 50 people for feeding the homeless but the jury would not convict them.This has been going on for months.🎇
rebecca watson has a video on her channel, from this year i think, about how jury nullification is actual legal and constitutional, and how jurors SHOULD vote not guilty when folks are tried for crimes the juror considers unjust, but how the courts get REALLY upset about this and generally go after anyone that suggests it.
Odysseus joke was superb. As a retired librarian, I applaud your efforts to help people check sources. And then the Easter eggs…😂 Thanks for sane information.
Good morning, Internet People. The fact that the Founding Fathers never imagined the American people would elect people with MAGA beliefs is a sad commentary on how a large portion of today's population doesn't understand the good that democracy can do (and the huge amount of bad a dictatorship can do). The Founding Fathers had lived under a dictatorship (the rule of a king). I wish Hollywood would make a movie showing what Trump winning would look like (as it did with The Day After's depiction of nuclear war in 1983). But we don't seem to have the same kind of people running Hollywood these days that we had back then. Such a shame.
That movie Civil War looks like it is a projection of what will happen if he loses. So there is that. Also just watch the redone Battlestar Galactica, when they land on that planet and make Baltar President. That is pretty much on point for if Trump wins.
I am not american (Dutch) therefore I am not very familiar with your constitution. Does this mean there is no way around Johnson not bringing certain laws on the floor? Is there no way that Biden can get much needed help to Ukrain? Waiting until the new house is installed could be too late
@@okkietrooy6841The Constitution requires that any Appropriations Bill (bill to spend government money) must originate in the House of Representatives. I am not familiar with the rules of Congress, so it may be possible to force a bill to the floor for a vote, even if the Speaker opposes bringing it up, but it would require at least a majority of the members in favor. Biden cannot spend government funds that Congress has not appropriated. Unfortunately, it's that simple. Appropriations bills can have quite a bit of discretion to allow the Cabinet secretaries and the President to decide the exact details of spending, but Biden can't just do whatever he wants (something most of Biden's critics don't seem to understand). The funny thing is, the President cannot _refuse_ to spend funds that Congress has appropriated, under a law that was inspired by Richard Nixon trying to do exactly that. For instance, when Trump tried to extort Ukraine for the funding that Congress had already appropriated to it, he was technically in violation of that law.
Saying the Founders could not foresee people electing MAGA is rather sad. Many Founders already had low opinions of the citizens' abilities and their descendants failed to reach those low expectations.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison. Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men. Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property. Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation. They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people. “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
You know, seeing so many people on the Internet argue against a point so obvious kind of _does_ lend a lot of credence to David Icke's proposition that these are really lizards, and would not have an intuitive understanding of breasts.
The founders also believed all elected officials would serve with honor, such that when scoundrels did get elected, the rest would turn on them and overrule and/or impeach them...
I think they expected that the elected representatives self interest would result in self policing. That they would turn on each other in a heartbeat and would use their ability to expel representatives.
Thank you Beau! Your Roads segments are my news. No flashy clickbait, no partisan slants, just news from a caring human being who also has a grasp on reality and a wealth of knowledge to combine it all into a sensible, understandable narrative. You do more of a service than I think you know.
Regarding milk, it's been known for a _long_ time now that milk from men is usable for the feeding of babies. There are hormone cascades and receptors and stuff involved in getting it to flow, but it's possible. All the necessary cells, tissues and organs are there. Last I heard, all you need is practice. There are a few stories about it even in Bronze Age and Iron Age folklore.
I remember a couple of anecdotes from India. Mother dies during childbirth, impoverished village farmer father 'miraculously' begins lactation. Baby is saved. Homologous tissues ARE there (males can even get breast cancer). If these anecdotes are true, there might just be the possibility that all it takes is a little desperation and the correct horrible soundtrack.
Hello sisters, brothers and others, it's your happy Hippie Brother Zippo over here on Beau's channel. Sometimes I really need the long format just to get caught up. Thanks Beau!
More ppl in every occupation need to step out of the shadows and put their foot down when it comes to maga. If we do maybe we can provide to them that they are not the majority, not what the majority wants, and we are not putting up with their dictatorial behavior anymore! I finally heard a commentator last night say they need to be punished and that’s how I’m feeling also. The good ppl of the US have been harassed by these assbackwards nut jobs for long enough!
I feel like I'm pretty well informed, Beau's actual channel is often covering stuff I've already digested. I like this Roads channel better I think. Make sure to watch SNL Weekend Update too, we need to laugh sometimes.
The funnier part about Odysseus was that it nearly got lost en route to the moon because the laser rangefinders needed for the landing broke, so they needed to hot fix the software on board mid flight to use the experimental LiDAR system that was on the NASA section of the lander to see if LiDAR would work during landing so they happened to have them active, just had to teach the lander to actually use them instead of just sending telemetry back home
Found out what was wrong with the primary lasers. When in the lab, there’s a safety interlock on the lasers to stop them being activated and potentially blinding someone in the lab when they’re not being intentionally tested. Odysseus arrived in orbit of the moon early because they messed up the orbital transition and they tried to turn on the lasers early to see if they were in trouble, if they hadn’t done that, the lasers wouldn’t have been activated until the last minute during descent so they really dodged a bullet on that one
You would think the founders would have thought in advance of cultist behavior being able to grow into a direct threat, seeing as they worked so hard to keep religion out of the Constitution and founding papers. Perhaps they didn't consider the depth of depravity the religious would stoop to for power. Take care, no sit ups.
We are coming full circle in the United States. This country was founded on escaping religious persecution. And now we have people being persecuted by religious bigots.
My subscriptions have stayed down to a literal few, cos let's all stay sane, and Beau is an anchor. Don't you love the lack of unnecessary drama? Please just continue to tell it, sans slant and BS. Thank you.
People always forget, Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas Tree farm. Her parents were very well off in finance but they still lived on a farm, and (with paid workers) did a lot of the farm work. Nothing makes down to earth rich people like actually working alongside the workers.
There is a provision called a "discharge petition" that can bring a vote on an issue to the floor of the House if the Speaker is refusing to bring it but there is enough support to pass the discharge petition and bring it to the floor. This could potentially happen with the Supplemental Aid Bill...
A major point towards understanding all the features missing from US constitution is: it's one of the earliest modern constitutions. A lot of the bells and whistles that Western countries' constitutions nowadays so routinely have that people tend to assume they would be in any modern democratic constitution were added due to bad experiences of countries that didn't have them. The neatest illustration of this principle in action would be how the US constitution itself is the *second* version after the Articles of Confederation, one of whose most important missing features was a proper federal taxation mechanism.
Yeh but, somehow prohibition passed, and the bells and whistles are still missing. Or the remains of slavery are still there. It’s just a document it can be changed as needs require.
The political parties want to keep you dumb - both parties. Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison. Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men. Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property. Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation. They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people. “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
I started wondering how often these videos pop up now, seems a lot more often... But in reality my weeks just seem to rush by, doing standard things, no new memories.. :-/
I'm starting to think our founders weren't as brilliant as people like to think they were. They were leaving an authoritarian land to get away from it, but somehow didn't the the same humans for fall for the same thing?
They wanted to believe in an educated citizenry, and used mass education to try to achieve it. Plus they were optimists. They did fear an authoritarian, and the people, so they set up a system of checks and balances. As for not being brilliant, many of them owned other people as property, so I wouldn't idolize them in the first place on that. But raw intelligence wise many of them were absolutely gifted there.
Britain of the time wasn't quite authoritarian in the RWA way that causes much problem nowadays. Britain was colonial, and late stage feudalist. These made it a fertile soil for authoritarian politics, but because of the severe restrictions on democracy, the authoritarians of the day didn't usually seek popular appeal the way that MTG nowadays does beyond municipal assemblies. Also, it's kind of impossible to distinguish psychological underpinnings of RWA from the associated politics in a feudalist society. How does a fish scientist figure out that water is wet? By taking an Erasmus scholarship on the dry land, of course - _and coming back alive._ With the many overseas holdings of the British Empire, and the dangers of sea travel, the sort of people who might learn from faraway places' experiences often didn't come back, for one reason or another.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison. Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men. Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property. Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation. They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people. “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
WOW This could be the thing to get conservatives concerned about Climate Change. If no one is killing animals for our meat consumption, what about the Methane emissions?? Sorry being sarcastic but, honest.
This science stuff is interfering with "God's plan", or whatever. The anti science rhetoric is just part of the package they want to provide for everyone.
Yep, article 1, section 5 "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings" so there really is no defense in the constitution for that. Quite an oversight.
The constitution was not written with political parties having any rules - they didn’t exist. However Washington warns of them in his farewell address and recommends that a constitutional amendment be made to check their power. Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison. Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men. Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property. Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation. They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people. “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
When Dems had the House and Senate, why couldn't they have put forth some bills to prevent authoritarians to be in office or for Johnson to be able to do what he is doing.
It's shocking to me that the founding fathers created a country meant to be free and never once considered that some people may try to destroy that. Not much foresight
It's more complicated than that. The early conception of USA as a federal entity envisioned federal structures other than the Congress to be elected not directly but through various committees and committees of committees. The Founding Patriarchs _did_ consider the possibility of short-sighted lumpenist ideas getting into the government, but with their experience of the British late-stage feudalism, they basically thought that putting nobly wealthed people in charge of the Senate would fix that. The modern world is much different, ironically to the point that some of the ideas that were once designed to ward lumpenism away - such as ehte Electoral College, whose members are now directly elected, but that was once a committee to be appointed by the legislative entities - have actually began to amplify it, especially after the rise of new media - radio and cinema.
@@rileyfaelanso they didn’t consider that an aristocrat would break class solidarity and take power for themselves with the aid of the mob. I thought these guys were Classists . The Greeks called such people Tyrants, the most famous are of course the pair of Julius Caesar and Octavian. Was it really that unthinkable that a war hero in a time of crisis might with a well organised party take permanent power within the United States ?
@@francesconicoletti2547 They didn't think this would happen often enough for the other aristocrats to fail to vote such people out. They didn't foresee the Internet. (Or remember the various times this happend in the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire.)
"Twisted steel and sex appeal" Is the single greatest line about when a person was younger. I fucking love it and the fact that you even said it. I hope your stomach is feeling ok, you look like you feel better today than you did yesterday. You had kinda a "I've been under anesthesia at some point today" look about you
"The conservative position isn't that they want the states to have the right to give you more freedom, they want the states to have the right to take it away."
@@Revolver-or1nt That arguments been made before, but usually a box of 100 embryos, or a toddler, which one do you save? Yeah.
@@Revolver-or1nt Neither. They'd save themselves, and only themselves.
@@Sableagle ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
Same as brexit here in the UK. The big brexit slogan was “take back control”. Only it wasn’t the public who voted brexit who were getting that control. It was the Tory party who want to take away our freedoms to protest, our workers protections, and our basic human rights who took back control of us
Obligatory musical number: _Religious Right (To Burn Our Own Witches)_ by Roy Zimmermann, th-cam.com/video/MH7-GKiQXNE/w-d-xo.html
Just thank you for everything you do and have done to help us stay sane. You’re like a lighthouse in a hurricane
Really love that metaphor! 😍 🗽
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Wow, yes, that absolutely tracks :)
So true.
what good does a lighthouse do in a hurricane?
being serious here, Beau's great, but what good does it do in a hurricane?
it'll be hard to see through the rain, and the waves will be crushing your boat anyway.
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now, if it was a birdhouse for your soul.....
I am needing a moment to digest that the worse ranked president in history is not only rerunning but leading the party.
Personally, trying to digest that is giving me HORRIBLE indigestion! 🤢 Fortunately, Beau is better than Pepto Bismal for this particular challenge... 😏
He's been defacto running a shadow presidency for 2 years with help from fox & his thuggish cult.
Oh?
I'd say that is entirely to be expected from someone with even less self awareness than competence.
At least the rerunning part.
The leading part fits too, if you remember that you can make a (very cynical) minority happy by making the majority a lot worse off.
Founding Fathers: Nobody would be that stupid, right?
FF: Better make sure we're VERY clear that this is a living document that can and should be updated.
@@hattielankford4775 But remember who is currently in charge of updating it. Not certain I want any updates made at this time.
To be fair to them, they had no idea about social media and how it could be used to pervert the masses
Actually, that is why the founders created the electoral college. It was to keep someone who was charismatic, but unqualified or incompetent from ever actually becoming president. Unfortunately, it has been corrupted so that now we get the unqualified forced upon us when the popular vote tries to give us someone better.
@@donaldwert7137 When was the last time it was updated? Maybe it should have been done sooner.......
Beau, you missed the most interesting point about Biden’s ancestor being pardoned…. he was a well regarded figure in the military, and 3 military leaders wrote the petition to Lincoln and included the fact this man was instrumental in the fight against insurrectionists. That was the gist of it, anyway. I thought that was amazing given the fight the latter day Biden is engaged in.
Okay, that’s eerie as hell.
Some family legacies are definitely better than other. Thanks for sharing!!
@@KOKO-uu7yd The 80-year cycle that sees the rise of the violent right-wing political movements was also when two of America's greatest presidents governed. Lincoln and Roosevelt both met the threat of violent far right-wing political movements and defeated them. Both Lincoln and Roosevelt died in office.
We are at the peak of the 80-year cycle and again we see the rise of violent far-right political movements. Let's hope Joe is the right president at the right time like Lincoln and Roosevelt were. America's greatest presidents are great because they fought the tyranny of the violent far-right!
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“220 lbs of twisted steel and sex appeal” -Best quote ever!
OK I thought that was just me appreciating the turn of phrase.
I thought the same! 😂💙😂💙😂
came to say this! made my day😂😂😂
😂😂😂Absolutely. That one has me laughing so hard. I love Beau and not just for his awesome looks and amazing body, love for his sweet family and animals he cares for-he is brilliant and so inspiring. ❤
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The constitution doesn't protect us from our own collective stupidity.
Back in the 1980’s I recognized that we were capable of undermining our own country (Oklahoma Federal Bldg.) all by ourselves, even without The Soviet Union’s threats to destroy us.
I think a glaring example would be the fact that the whole lot of people thought money would "trickle down".
@@intuitionz1198 they still do 😂😂😂
@@intuitionz1198 Well it was a nice idea and not as stupid as it seems. They just forgot one thing you must force that wealth to Trickle down. You now what that system is called? Sociale democracy and lots of nice country's in Europe have that system.
I wonder if you distilled the electorate back down to white property owners if the outcome would have been the same? Not necessarily making social comments, but just wanted to point out the founders had a different view of "we the people"
Drumpf ending up dead last on that presidential ranking made me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Obama ending up in seventh place should have gotten more coverage, though. That's the part that really has to piss them (you know who) off.
It's interesting that this was a poll done by Fox 🦊 news. It gives me a bit of hope for America's future to be honest.
@@UnashamedCaliforniagirl It shouldn't. The ONLY hope America has...is if Biden's reelected. Period, end of story. VOTE BLUE.
@@USGrant-rr2by I normale am death against calling to vote a certain way period, in this case i make an exception.
Biden as no 14 is also not very helpfull for TFG's anger management. He will need a follow-up course.
A black president was likely a major cause of Trumpism. This was simply too much for white racist “Christian” conservatives.
Beau is the off road professor to all us off road scholars
Totally ❤❤❤
Yet he misses the mark with regards to the founding fathers take on political factionalism…
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison.
Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men.
Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property.
Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation.
They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people.
“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
"Back when I was 220 LBs of twisted steel and sex appeal..."
-Beau 2024
"You have a democracy if you can keep it"
I think the quote you were looking for is "A republic, if you can keep it." keeping in mind that Benjamin Franklin was predisposed toward providing advice, and was educated enough to know that kind of government they were proposing was not democracy in the sense of direct democracy, which had failed in Athens. It is yet to be determined how representative democracy will fare here. I am hopeful though, because - although I am handy with firearms, the idea of having to use them to preserve our way of life, and all that would entail in terms of lost lives, seems like a terrible waste. Especially since it will all come down to sitting down and talking to each other, which we can just start with instead.
@@jamesbrennan98
Excellent post. Thank you.
You covered everything I was about to say right down the line.
@@jamesbrennan98you seem knowledgeable so I have a question if you have time to answer sir. Why did Athens democracy fail? I know why Rome fell but not Athens. If its too long to explain over post I understand & will do the research myself but if you have time can you help me learn a little. lol
@@Bgrk
My two cents...
I strongly recommend you do read up on it.
It won't take long, and the parallels with our situation are very instructive.
@@Bgrk The fall of Athens as a major regional player was due to Rome annexing the Greek lands and taking over the formerly Greek foreign affairs over the late penultimate to early last century BCE, near the end of the Roman Republic. But Athens didn't exactly disappear; it still remained a significant centre of culture, trade, and science, and after Western Roman Empire disappeared from the scene, you'd notice that in the East Roman Empire, there were an awful lot of people who considered themselves Romans and whose main language was Greek.
If you meant, why'd the focus shift away from Athens as a city-state to the Greek cultural region - that would be because of cultural and commercial shifts due to advances in land-based transport infrastructure. Greek city-states maintained distinct identities when they were isolated-ish, and the main way to get around with reasonable speed involved boarding a ship. As the Roman enthusiasm for building vias on the dry land reached Greece, the Greek world got a bit smaller, people started to travel from city to city by walking, and the people in the neighbouring city suddenly started to look a little bit less like "Those annyoing strangers down the coast" and a little bit more like "Those fellow Greeks down the road, they're a little bit weird but they're okay".
Why would this be a factor even though walking was actually slower than shipping?
Because walking was dirt cheap, and shipping was not. Classic disruptive technology.
Sheesh, it’s gonna take Odysseus *forever* to get home.
First they have to get it upright somehow. Probably a robot can do that, but from where? I think this one is lost.
Re-read the Iliad and the Odyssey this year. If you haven't, anyone, pick it up.
The Odyssey is all side trips. Ahh, if only his crew hadn't eaten the cattle sacred to Apollo.
@@veramae4098 It's a story about ADHD three thousand years before ADHD was discovered!
"I thought some of our members would be smarter."
That says a lot about that individual.
I'm not sure if it's indicative of naïveté or integrity.
Oh man, feel better soon. I've had abdominal surgeries. Its not a small thing! Be gentle and patient with yourself. Take time you need!! We really care. We will be here. ❤
I am not commenting on this video but I do think we could give the people of Texas a cheer the stood up against the court in Houston They have a law on the books you will get 500.00 fine for feeding the homeless. The courts have tried to convict about 50 people for feeding the homeless but the jury would not convict them.This has been going on for months.🎇
Thank you to the good people of Texas for feeding the homeless against threat of being fined.
What would Jesus do?
Texas would label Jesús an illegal immigrant and send him back across the border.
rebecca watson has a video on her channel, from this year i think, about how jury nullification is actual legal and constitutional, and how jurors SHOULD vote not guilty when folks are tried for crimes the juror considers unjust, but how the courts get REALLY upset about this and generally go after anyone that suggests it.
Beau, hope the road you are on is the road to recovery and good health.
“220 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal”. YOU KNOW THAT’S A T-SHIRT, RIGHT??
Odysseus joke was superb. As a retired librarian, I applaud your efforts to help people check sources. And then the Easter eggs…😂
Thanks for sane information.
Keep at it Beau! Much respect from Norway!
Good morning, Internet People. The fact that the Founding Fathers never imagined the American people would elect people with MAGA beliefs is a sad commentary on how a large portion of today's population doesn't understand the good that democracy can do (and the huge amount of bad a dictatorship can do). The Founding Fathers had lived under a dictatorship (the rule of a king). I wish Hollywood would make a movie showing what Trump winning would look like (as it did with The Day After's depiction of nuclear war in 1983). But we don't seem to have the same kind of people running Hollywood these days that we had back then. Such a shame.
They did, Back to the future 2 has a perfect representation of what Murica would look like under the dear leader.
That movie Civil War looks like it is a projection of what will happen if he loses. So there is that. Also just watch the redone Battlestar Galactica, when they land on that planet and make Baltar President. That is pretty much on point for if Trump wins.
@@HandyMan657 I think "Idiocracy" better represents what it would be like.
I am not american (Dutch) therefore I am not very familiar with your constitution.
Does this mean there is no way around Johnson not bringing certain laws on the floor?
Is there no way that Biden can get much needed help to Ukrain?
Waiting until the new house is installed could be too late
@@okkietrooy6841The Constitution requires that any Appropriations Bill (bill to spend government money) must originate in the House of Representatives. I am not familiar with the rules of Congress, so it may be possible to force a bill to the floor for a vote, even if the Speaker opposes bringing it up, but it would require at least a majority of the members in favor.
Biden cannot spend government funds that Congress has not appropriated. Unfortunately, it's that simple. Appropriations bills can have quite a bit of discretion to allow the Cabinet secretaries and the President to decide the exact details of spending, but Biden can't just do whatever he wants (something most of Biden's critics don't seem to understand). The funny thing is, the President cannot _refuse_ to spend funds that Congress has appropriated, under a law that was inspired by Richard Nixon trying to do exactly that. For instance, when Trump tried to extort Ukraine for the funding that Congress had already appropriated to it, he was technically in violation of that law.
You should be up for the "Excellence in Broadcasting" award.
Re Russia's 3 day win........Russia just didn't specify what century those 3 days would be in.
Or that they would be consecutive.
Or which planet's day they were using in their calculation.
They're finally getting around to it now though 😟 the front line is crumbling
Wait, Beau stopped being “220 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal”?
Surprised hell outta me, too! He's still plenty sexy. Intelligent kindness always is.
Pics, please!!!
Given time it happens to us all......
I think it's closer to 225 these days.
Saying the Founders could not foresee people electing MAGA is rather sad. Many Founders already had low opinions of the citizens' abilities and their descendants failed to reach those low expectations.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison.
Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men.
Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property.
Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation.
They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people.
“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
Trans-women milk no different than cis-women milk. Every biologist familiar with vertebrate evolution is not remotely surprised.
You know, seeing so many people on the Internet argue against a point so obvious kind of _does_ lend a lot of credence to David Icke's proposition that these are really lizards, and would not have an intuitive understanding of breasts.
Beau, I hope you recover, with a minimum of pain, in a minimum of time. Also thanks for the perspectives. Very thought-provoking and well expressed.
Make the first Artemis Mission the re-righting of Odysseus
just for the mythology
That statement from Blinken is kind of a big deal.
Best wishes, Mr Beau, for your complete recovery!
The founders also believed all elected officials would serve with honor, such that when scoundrels did get elected, the rest would turn on them and overrule and/or impeach them...
I think they expected that the elected representatives self interest would result in self policing. That they would turn on each other in a heartbeat and would use their ability to expel representatives.
Thank you Beau! Your Roads segments are my news. No flashy clickbait, no partisan slants, just news from a caring human being who also has a grasp on reality and a wealth of knowledge to combine it all into a sensible, understandable narrative. You do more of a service than I think you know.
Regarding milk, it's been known for a _long_ time now that milk from men is usable for the feeding of babies.
There are hormone cascades and receptors and stuff involved in getting it to flow, but it's possible.
All the necessary cells, tissues and organs are there. Last I heard, all you need is practice.
There are a few stories about it even in Bronze Age and Iron Age folklore.
I actually knew a guy who had some kind of hormonal disorder & he leaked milk
I remember a couple of anecdotes from India.
Mother dies during childbirth, impoverished village farmer father 'miraculously' begins lactation. Baby is saved.
Homologous tissues ARE there (males can even get breast cancer).
If these anecdotes are true, there might just be the possibility that all it takes is a little desperation and the correct horrible soundtrack.
Interesting that they think it is trans men when it could be ALL men with hormone changes.
@@fionaforbes6100... Out of curiosity where are trans men mentioned? They're talking about trans women.
@@duncansonoryan sorry misheard. My point was it could be any man with the right hormones
"220 pounds of twisted steel and sexappeal" 😂
Planning, such a forgotten tool.
Hello sisters, brothers and others, it's your happy Hippie Brother Zippo over here on Beau's channel.
Sometimes I really need the long format just to get caught up. Thanks Beau!
FAUX News went crazy over the trump ranking, lol
They can go crazy all they want since it’s not costing them millions of dollars!
Greetings fellow flower child from a dirty off-grid hippy in a sea of red hats (Montana)
Hey brother 👋
Please remember to rest Beau!!! 🤠💜
This is not even the first time a lunar space craft with such a name ran into a problem... Odyssey is the name of the Apollo 13 Command Module...
They don’t learn
Ooof! Good catch!
I was just wondering what to silence-my-inner-thoughts-with, so thank you very much for posting!
Same
“Twisted steel and sex appeal.” 👏👏👏
Yeah in retrospect, naming it 'Odysseus ' might have been inviting unexpected results😂
It's always a good day when you can take a trip down the roads with Beau! 👋 ✌️
I just want to wish you a speedy recovery and I hope your surgery was a success.
Hope you are healing fast.
Thanks Olivia for sharing some heat with Taylor do good things make great music
I worry for her though, but applaud the effort.
More ppl in every occupation need to step out of the shadows and put their foot down when it comes to maga. If we do maybe we can provide to them that they are not the majority, not what the majority wants, and we are not putting up with their dictatorial behavior anymore! I finally heard a commentator last night say they need to be punished and that’s how I’m feeling also. The good ppl of the US have been harassed by these assbackwards nut jobs for long enough!
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Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Good Sunday morning to you.
Thank you Beau for all you do, wishing you a good health , healing and a quick recovery
I might not care much about some of this but it’s highly informative and I now feel better knowing this stuff!
We hope you are feeling better Beau.
Thank you for the commentary.
Follow your doctor's orders and get healthy.
The NY trucker protest lasted exactly as long as I thought it would, less than 24 hours😂
Thanks. Hadn't heard that heartening bit of news. 🎉
I feel like I'm pretty well informed, Beau's actual channel is often covering stuff I've already digested. I like this Roads channel better I think. Make sure to watch SNL Weekend Update too, we need to laugh sometimes.
Beau, loved the reference to Odysseus taking a detour. Still laughing! btw, I bet your wife still thinks you're "twisted steel and sex appeal."
The funnier part about Odysseus was that it nearly got lost en route to the moon because the laser rangefinders needed for the landing broke, so they needed to hot fix the software on board mid flight to use the experimental LiDAR system that was on the NASA section of the lander to see if LiDAR would work during landing so they happened to have them active, just had to teach the lander to actually use them instead of just sending telemetry back home
Found out what was wrong with the primary lasers. When in the lab, there’s a safety interlock on the lasers to stop them being activated and potentially blinding someone in the lab when they’re not being intentionally tested. Odysseus arrived in orbit of the moon early because they messed up the orbital transition and they tried to turn on the lasers early to see if they were in trouble, if they hadn’t done that, the lasers wouldn’t have been activated until the last minute during descent so they really dodged a bullet on that one
Does an 1860's knife fight constitute an impeachable offense?
“I believe we have the evidence”
- Idiot Comer
Good morning Beau and internet folks.
Good morning Mark.
they are feeding soybeans to make red meat. does that affect ho0w children think about thier genders?
Howdy Beau!!! Howdy Peeps!
Good Sunday Morning 💫
😂 “twisted steel & sex appeal..” Smfh
Well now we know 🥰
I liked the Odysseus joke👍🤣 Wacka wacka 🎉🤣
With that line, Beau hit a... Homer.
“Surprising that moon-landed Odysseus took a detour…” 😂😂😂😂
Hernia repair is an Outpatient surgery. I've had one. I was in and out of that hospital in about 12 hours.
Ummmmm…….ok? Thanks for sharing
@@rocksez5101 there were a lot of comments asking how he didn't miss a show, or what surgery he had. Providing an answer.
Thanks for showing up while you are recovering!
You would think the founders would have thought in advance of cultist behavior being able to grow into a direct threat, seeing as they worked so hard to keep religion out of the Constitution and founding papers. Perhaps they didn't consider the depth of depravity the religious would stoop to for power. Take care, no sit ups.
We are coming full circle in the United States. This country was founded on escaping religious persecution. And now we have people being persecuted by religious bigots.
Well, there's the electoral college....
The Founding Fathers also thought that being an elected official was a patriotic duty, a public service. It was never ever supposed to be a career.
Beau, great roads, thankyou! 👍💙💙💙🥰✌
"Freedom...just not for you!"
Thanks Beau, I needed that. 😅
"220 lbs of twisted steel and sex appeal"
So I immediately wrote that down, it sounded like a requote though
It's got kind of a spec ops ring to it, like ............ I will fear no evil because I'm the baddest son of a bitch in the valley.
My subscriptions have stayed down to a literal few, cos let's all stay sane, and Beau is an anchor. Don't you love the lack of unnecessary drama? Please just continue to tell it, sans slant and BS. Thank you.
People always forget, Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas Tree farm. Her parents were very well off in finance but they still lived on a farm, and (with paid workers) did a lot of the farm work.
Nothing makes down to earth rich people like actually working alongside the workers.
So this moon landing craft won't be upright again for twenty years? 😉😂 Thanks, Beau. I loved the Odyssey reference.
We need to borrow Parliament's immediate effect Vote of No Confidence when the Crazies take over the Asylum?
I laughed so much at the Odysseus comment, I missed the next subject. Nerds! 🙄 😁
I had a great chuckle at the phrase "220 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal." The glory days. Thanks Beau 😂
I no secret men can produce milk and feed thier children, I can hardly wait until that enters the discussion.
There is a provision called a "discharge petition" that can bring a vote on an issue to the floor of the House if the Speaker is refusing to bring it but there is enough support to pass the discharge petition and bring it to the floor. This could potentially happen with the Supplemental Aid Bill...
A major point towards understanding all the features missing from US constitution is: it's one of the earliest modern constitutions. A lot of the bells and whistles that Western countries' constitutions nowadays so routinely have that people tend to assume they would be in any modern democratic constitution were added due to bad experiences of countries that didn't have them.
The neatest illustration of this principle in action would be how the US constitution itself is the *second* version after the Articles of Confederation, one of whose most important missing features was a proper federal taxation mechanism.
Yeh but, somehow prohibition passed, and the bells and whistles are still missing. Or the remains of slavery are still there. It’s just a document it can be changed as needs require.
Olivia saw how they are coming for Tayalor, someone who isn't actually doing anything, and really said 😏 try me you boomer snowflakes
Boomers fought for women’s rights for over 50 yrs! You mean Christian nationalists!
Don’t put it on boomers. Maga is made up of all ages of stupid ppl.
Say it clear, "The founders never expected the American people to be that dumb." That was the whole idea behind public education.
The political parties want to keep you dumb - both parties.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison.
Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men.
Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property.
Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation.
They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people.
“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
I almost did a spit-take at "twisted steel and sex appeal". Thankfully the viscosity of my fruit smoothie slowed things down a bit...
Happy Sunday everyone ✌️
Wow...beat out Jackson, Hoover, Nixon and Harding. Congrats.
I started wondering how often these videos pop up now, seems a lot more often...
But in reality my weeks just seem to rush by, doing standard things, no new memories.. :-/
I hope you're feeling better.
A word about Odysseus: Weebls wobble but they don't fall down. Use the same technology :)
😂 Greek shade.
Beau's 2024 campaign slogan: "BUILD! THAT! [abdominal] WALL!"
I'm starting to think our founders weren't as brilliant as people like to think they were. They were leaving an authoritarian land to get away from it, but somehow didn't the the same humans for fall for the same thing?
They wanted to believe in an educated citizenry, and used mass education to try to achieve it. Plus they were optimists. They did fear an authoritarian, and the people, so they set up a system of checks and balances. As for not being brilliant, many of them owned other people as property, so I wouldn't idolize them in the first place on that. But raw intelligence wise many of them were absolutely gifted there.
They were apparently far more trusting in human nature than they should have been, considering that most were slave owners.
I have thought that for a long time
Britain of the time wasn't quite authoritarian in the RWA way that causes much problem nowadays. Britain was colonial, and late stage feudalist. These made it a fertile soil for authoritarian politics, but because of the severe restrictions on democracy, the authoritarians of the day didn't usually seek popular appeal the way that MTG nowadays does beyond municipal assemblies.
Also, it's kind of impossible to distinguish psychological underpinnings of RWA from the associated politics in a feudalist society. How does a fish scientist figure out that water is wet? By taking an Erasmus scholarship on the dry land, of course - _and coming back alive._ With the many overseas holdings of the British Empire, and the dangers of sea travel, the sort of people who might learn from faraway places' experiences often didn't come back, for one reason or another.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison.
Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men.
Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property.
Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation.
They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people.
“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
2:26 lab grown meat? Where are they getting these political wedge issues from?
The news. Haven't you heard. And now the question is since animals are not being killed, will vegans eat the grown meat?
I am all for it, less waste, better for environment, better for body. You know that big beef, big pharma and big agro will squash it right down.
WOW This could be the thing to get conservatives concerned about Climate Change. If no one is killing animals for our meat consumption, what about the Methane emissions?? Sorry being sarcastic but, honest.
I would think the cattle for beef industry lobbyists..Big money.
This science stuff is interfering with "God's plan", or whatever. The anti science rhetoric is just part of the package they want to provide for everyone.
Morning!
Morning friends.
Yep, article 1, section 5 "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings" so there really is no defense in the constitution for that. Quite an oversight.
The constitution was not written with political parties having any rules - they didn’t exist. However Washington warns of them in his farewell address and recommends that a constitutional amendment be made to check their power.
Washington’s Farewell address was drafted by Madison.
Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution. Such factions may claim to be trying to answer popular demands or solve pressing problems, but their true intentions are to take the power from the people and place it in the hands of unjust men.
Washington calls the American people to only change the Constitution through amendments, but he then warns them that groups seeking to overthrow the government may strive to pass constitutional amendments to weaken the government to a point where it is unable to defend itself from political factions, enforce its laws, and protect the people's rights and property.
Remember that political parties were not considered in the constitution and that he saw them as a danger to the nation.
They have become a 4th unchecked branch of government with no constitutional legitimacy - yet they trade power based on arbitrary rules they make themselves each year. The two parties have infected all other branches of government. Each serving their own factions over the needs of the people.
“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
When Dems had the House and Senate, why couldn't they have put forth some bills to prevent authoritarians to be in office or for Johnson to be able to do what he is doing.
Hope you feel better soon, Beau!
It's shocking to me that the founding fathers created a country meant to be free and never once considered that some people may try to destroy that. Not much foresight
They did envision some, just not enough.
It's more complicated than that.
The early conception of USA as a federal entity envisioned federal structures other than the Congress to be elected not directly but through various committees and committees of committees. The Founding Patriarchs _did_ consider the possibility of short-sighted lumpenist ideas getting into the government, but with their experience of the British late-stage feudalism, they basically thought that putting nobly wealthed people in charge of the Senate would fix that.
The modern world is much different, ironically to the point that some of the ideas that were once designed to ward lumpenism away - such as ehte Electoral College, whose members are now directly elected, but that was once a committee to be appointed by the legislative entities - have actually began to amplify it, especially after the rise of new media - radio and cinema.
@@rileyfaelanso they didn’t consider that an aristocrat would break class solidarity and take power for themselves with the aid of the mob. I thought these guys were Classists . The Greeks called such people Tyrants, the most famous are of course the pair of Julius Caesar and Octavian. Was it really that unthinkable that a war hero in a time of crisis might with a well organised party take permanent power within the United States ?
@@francesconicoletti2547 They didn't think this would happen often enough for the other aristocrats to fail to vote such people out.
They didn't foresee the Internet. (Or remember the various times this happend in the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire.)
So much for relaxing after your surgery lol
“Twisted steel and sex appeal” absolutely killed me (positive)
“Odysseus would have taken a detour”. Good one Beau 😂
"Twisted steel and sex appeal" Is the single greatest line about when a person was younger. I fucking love it and the fact that you even said it.
I hope your stomach is feeling ok, you look like you feel better today than you did yesterday. You had kinda a "I've been under anesthesia at some point today" look about you
Good Sunday morning Beau and my fellow Beau Peeps! ✌️💙
Planning is a lost art.
The founders never expected people to vote in someone (authoritarian) to take away their rights.