Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Joe Rogan Experience #1494 - Bret Weinstein" video.

  1. About the mice. It sounds as if Bret Wienstien is a voice in the Wilderness. Reminds me of another guy who's last name began with W. Alfred Wegener
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  2. Bret, the problem with running and winning as an independent is a significant portion of both parties will stymie you. What we need is a new party that unites the center
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  3. One problem with trying to assure that people have a chance in life to succeed. The SJWs will push for equality of outcome. Everyone in our society should have a chance to thrive. But you cannot ensure everyone will. Bret talks about economic development in the inner cities. It would need to be meaningful opportunity. Bret talks about the lack of jobs for Phds. What would one expect when the education industry has been pitching the mantra that everybody should go to college. Not everyone is prepared for college or intellectually suited for college. And that's where the meaningful opportunity comes in. One place this country needs massive investment is in its infrastructure. Roads, bridges, sanitation systems, water etc*. To find the money it's either going to have to come from raising taxes or shuffling the budget around. Some of the money can come from social programs that rather than simply support people give people something useful to do they can take pride in. The rest will have to come out of the defense budget. Is there really any need to have ground troops stationed in Europe and Korea anymore. I can see maintaining a certain level of naval and Air Force basing overseas. But where the defense establishment is severely out of wack is the procurement system. Just how long has the JSF been under development and how much work still needs to be done to make as effective as it needs to be. We are buying two different designs of LCS ships for the Navy. Partly to replace Perry Class Frigates that are getting worn out. Neither the Independence or Freedom class can really sail in harm's way if needed. Maybe the Coast Guard could use them. The Army is currently looking at replacing the M4/M16 with a weapon that fires a larger caliber round. The AR series of rifles that the M16 is derived from will handle up to 7.62 NATO. Why not simply upgrade existing systems. The military isn't the only place were procurement is out of wack. NASA in some ways is a good example. Just how long has the SLS launch system been under development. Some of this isn't the Agency's fault. NASA gets treated as a political football with mission objectives changing with every new administration and constant meddling by Congress. A while back Congress budgeted for a production run of new C-130-J transports. Which the Air Force did not want because it diverted funds from other programs they considered more vital. The same thing has happened with the Army and M-1 tanks. In some ways buying small numbers of aircraft from Boeing, Lockheed etc. Engines from GE. Having General Dynamics build small numbers of or upgrading M-1 tanks in service or storage makes sense to a degree. Keeping the skill sets involved in this type of work is cheaper than starting over from square one. But such programs are not supposed to be cash cows for the contractors or the Congresscritters and their districts. And it cant just be government initiatives. As a nation we will need major corporations to step up. Bring production of some goods and services back from off shore. It may mean that we pay a slightly higher prices. But I have a very difficult time believing Nike for one cannot make a profit on a pair of a Air Jordans made here. *Public infrastructure always seems to be built to the lowest possible cost and standard. Our highways wear out much faster than they should. I for one would rather see more money spent up front if the finished product lasts at least twice as long.
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  4. I cannot imagine is just how the court system will even be able to assemble a jury in the Geore Floyd case
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