Posted on 12/19/2019 1:58:40 PM PST by EyesOfTX
Well said.
They got around to the lying part after first going after the sex part. Seemed like a "process crime" that the left has been using against our side ever since.
Quit thinking so tactically and undisciplined. He provided a focused message on the matter at hand and why it should be killed immediately. Taking some meandering "kitchen sink" approach just gives them wiggle room to change the narrative.
The lie wasn’t that it was “Wednesday” instead of “Thursday.”
It was in Paula Jones’ court case, when he lied about the horrible things that Paula said he did...a court case where he lied under oath.
A little more serious than a “process crime,” which he was guilty of also. The Crud.
He was required to testify in the Paula Jones civil case. He was asked questions about his relationship with Monica after the judge determined that Jones was entitled to ask those questions because it could be relevant to establishing a pattern of Clinton abusing women. Clinton, under oath, lied when asked those questions. It was a provable lie because of his "leavings" on the dress. Not only that, he attempted to get others to lie in that proceeding. Those lies and attempts to get others to lie can't be ignored, especially from a president; otherwise, the system breaks down.
The damage to society was significant. I was raising a young adolescent at the time. I remember opening the daily newspaper and reading testimony about oral sex, words easily available to children and delivered to the home. There was an actual spike in the numbers of children involved in oral sex and contracting oral and venereal diseases in the year following this sensational proceeding. It is not something the Republicans should have done.
. . . If you're having a hard time imagining what an education in entrepreneurship should include, allow me to prime the pump with some lessons I've learned along the way.I abstracted most of the points, but not the “Conquer Fear” point because, IMHO, schools which have chess clubs and other clubs should have “Dale Carnegie” clubs. The nature of the Dale Carnegie Course is such that it can’t truly be a for-credit course - because grading is anathema to the approach which the course takes. Fear of failure is the problem, and “failure” - which for someone who is shooting for class valedictorian would be anything less than A+ - is not in the lexicon of the Dale Carnegie Course.Combine Skills. The first thing you should learn in a course on entrepreneurship is how to make yourself valuable. It's unlikely that any average student can develop a world-class skill in one particular area. But it's easy to learn how to do several different things fairly well . . . The rare part is that each of those modest skills is collected in one person. That's how value is created.
Fail Forward. If you're taking risks, and you probably should, you can find yourself failing 90% of the time . . . Students should be taught that failure is a process, not an obstacle.
Find the Action . . . Move to where the action is. Distance is your enemy.
Attract Luck . . . Luck finds the doers. Readers of the Journal will find this point obvious. It's not obvious to a teenager.
Conquer Fear. I took classes in public speaking in college and a few more during my corporate days. That training was marginally useful for learning how to mask nervousness in public. Then I took the Dale Carnegie course. It was life-changing. The Dale Carnegie method ignores speaking technique entirely and trains you instead to enjoy the experience of speaking to a crowd. Once you become relaxed in front of people, technique comes automatically. Over the years, I've given speeches to hundreds of audiences and enjoyed every minute on stage. But this isn't a plug for Dale Carnegie. The point is that people can be trained to replace fear and shyness with enthusiasm. Every entrepreneur can use that skill.
Write Simply. . . .Simplicity makes ideas powerful. Want examples? Read anything by Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett.
Learn Persuasion . . .
That's my starter list for the sort of classes that would serve B students well. The list is not meant to be complete. Obviously an entrepreneur would benefit from classes in finance, management and more . . .
In this the Senate's discretion is unreviewable, but it will set an historic precedent as a warning to deter future similar partisan efforts by the House to turn impeachment into a political tool.
This was an historic speech, one that will be studied by future historians. Highly recommended viewing for all students of the Constitution.
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