I was a Kennedy democrat since his election in 1960 because I helped my mom stump the party line during the campaign. I was in the Navy stationed on board a cruiser in Japan when JFK was assassinated. That kind of cemented the liberal into me until 1. I had made something for myself in the 90s and early 2000s and 2. my best friend of 30 years convinced me that in order to protect what I had built for myself, I had to bolster it all by adopting a conservative POV.
The differences are stark: before, I relied on the state, after, I relied on myself; now, I rely on the Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
Being a Kennedy democrat was okay, as he was trying to take down the bad guys. He was also very smart. If you haven't already, you need to read a book called "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy" by Jim Thorpe. Kennedy would read three huge newspapers front to back before breakfast, and he could remember all of it if you wanted to discuss an article.
Trump was that type of democrat and only put the R after his name so he would have a chance against Hillary.
There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
A lot of times there's actually nothing in the middle.
I have Asperger's, so I'm "on the spectrum."
In 12th grade English class, we had reading comprehension tests. I never got to a speed level where I got less than 100% on the test, so I don't know how fast I can read. I do know that it's pretty fast and that I don't have to read every word. Some people look at each letter to recognize a word and then at each word to recognize a phrase. I take in big chunks all at once. I do slow way down when reading classic fiction because every word there has a purpose. Newer books are literally page-turners for me.
I had a grade school classmate with Asperger's and he went on to write the program for defibrillators by studying the EKGs of 35 patients dying of a heart attack.. When his mentor/professor was close to death, he told my classmate to give everything to the world; he sent everything to MIT and there ya go, he saved millions of lives before he passed away this year and will continue saving lives as a legacy.
Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...
Unfortunately, my best friend passed away Jan 24th 2020, but before he died, he gifted me with items of some intrinsic value to make certain I would be in good financial shape. It helped immensely.
I was a Kennedy democrat since his election in 1960 because I helped my mom stump the party line during the campaign. I was in the Navy stationed on board a cruiser in Japan when JFK was assassinated. That kind of cemented the liberal into me until 1. I had made something for myself in the 90s and early 2000s and 2. my best friend of 30 years convinced me that in order to protect what I had built for myself, I had to bolster it all by adopting a conservative POV.
The differences are stark: before, I relied on the state, after, I relied on myself; now, I rely on the Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
Being a Kennedy democrat was okay, as he was trying to take down the bad guys. He was also very smart. If you haven't already, you need to read a book called "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy" by Jim Thorpe. Kennedy would read three huge newspapers front to back before breakfast, and he could remember all of it if you wanted to discuss an article.
Trump was that type of democrat and only put the R after his name so he would have a chance against Hillary.
There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
A lot of times there's actually nothing in the middle.
I have Asperger's, so I'm "on the spectrum."
In 12th grade English class, we had reading comprehension tests. I never got to a speed level where I got less than 100% on the test, so I don't know how fast I can read. I do know that it's pretty fast and that I don't have to read every word. Some people look at each letter to recognize a word and then at each word to recognize a phrase. I take in big chunks all at once. I do slow way down when reading classic fiction because every word there has a purpose. Newer books are literally page-turners for me.
I need to know this. When you read aloud in grade school was it slow and painful? Difficulty pronouncing maybe?
I had a grade school classmate with Asperger's and he went on to write the program for defibrillators by studying the EKGs of 35 patients dying of a heart attack.. When his mentor/professor was close to death, he told my classmate to give everything to the world; he sent everything to MIT and there ya go, he saved millions of lives before he passed away this year and will continue saving lives as a legacy.
Sounds like you ditched the false God of gubmint.
Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...
76 years old and have a resting heart rate of 50-55.You could say I've seen some shit in my time... 😁
Unfortunately, my best friend passed away Jan 24th 2020, but before he died, he gifted me with items of some intrinsic value to make certain I would be in good financial shape. It helped immensely.