Posted on 04/12/2022 2:47:04 PM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
The other day I was taking in an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., when I experienced a profound case of synchronicity. Synchronicity is a fancy word for a connection between two things that normally seem unrelated. The official definition is “the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.”
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It ain’t no big thing
To wait for the bell to ring
It ain’t no big thing
The toll of the bell
Aggravated, spare for days
I troll downtown, the red light place
Jump up, bubble up, what’s in store?
Nixon is the drug and I need to score
Taking us off the gold standard and getting caught were Nixon’s only sins.
And wage and price controls.
President Nixon:
This is well past even RINO territory — especially the wage and price controls and the automatic big-government mentality.
About all that can be said for him is that he was better than McGovern.
You have not heard of FDR, I suppose. Nixon was a piker in comparison.
Here’s a PARTIAL list of FDR’s legacy:
New Deal
Emergency Banking Act
Economy Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Civil Works Administration
Communications Act
Executive Order 6102Homeowners Refinancing Act
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
Glass–Steagall Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Housing Act
National Recovery Administration
National Youth Administration
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Public Works of Art Project
Reciprocal Tariff Act
Railroad Retirement Act
Securities Act
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Second New Deal
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Federal Project Number One
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Farm Security Administration
Judicial Procedures Reform Act
National Bituminous Coal Conservation Act
National Labor Relations Board (Act)
Rural Electrification Act
Rural Electrification Administration
Social Security
United States Housing Authority
Fair Labor Standards Act
There are at least 300 areas that FDR interfered in/created regulations for. This is just a light skimming of the surface.
This is a most satisfying and well-crafted piece of writing.
Let's not forget the faux royal costumes for the Secret Service.
But he opened the way for the U.S. to deal with China.
Dastardly.
Well, I’m certainly not going to defend FDR, lol. But at least no one pretends he was a conservative.
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