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Most of the Republican candidates would like to kill the Department of Education, but not Ben Carson. He has other plans for it. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jayar Jackson, and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Ben Carson says he would not get rid of the Department of Education, a position contrary to several of his Republican White House primary rivals.
Instead, the retired neurosurgeon said the agency should be used to monitor Americas colleges and universities for extreme political bias.
I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do, Carson said on Glenn Becks radio show on Wednesday...
No, it would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists, he responded."*
Read more here: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/257609-carson-would-use-department-of-education-to-monitor
Kath1
(4,309 posts)But I don't want him as President.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)This is what the Republican Party has degenerated to being. There isn't an iota of difference between the Nazis' program and that of todays Republicans program for America.
Fourteen Defining
Characteristics Of Fascism
By Dr. Lawrence Britt
Source Free Inquiry.co
5-28-3
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to m
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Always glad for the reminder.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)What particularly sickens me is the how they applaud Trump's attempt to make the Mexicans the scapegoat for the plight of the working class just as Hitler did in the case of the Jews. I actually believe that Hitler's Final Solution would be enthusiastically embraced by a significant portion of the rabid Republican extremists.
GP6971
(31,151 posts)Warpy
(111,255 posts)Best thing for him to do is drop out and open a storefront church.
True.
No wonder JHopkins fired him. Now he wants abortion laws overturned.
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dr-ben-carson-i-would-love-see-roe-vs-wade-n451071
He's
DhhD
(4,695 posts)of educational institutions. Students will convert to a religious affiliation as listed on the new applications or their admittance will be terminated.
randr
(12,412 posts)need to be questioned. How can any one hold a higher degree and exhibit such nonsense?
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Ben Carson's degrees:
B.S.- Yale
M.D.- U. of Michigan
Loki
(3,825 posts)Two sides of the same coin. Ben is lacking in qualities that allow him to function outside his very small world of neurosurgery. He understands the brain but fails to understand human nature. We are not all conservative automatons, and he is unable to grasp that simple but profound truth.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Most aren't. At least not the ones I know and most I know of.
summerschild
(725 posts)Do not run for public office on the Republican ticket.
Brain surgeons used to be believed to be brilliant.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)There goes freedom of speech out the window...