“As part of his research, John Gottman conducted a study with newlyweds and then followed up with them six years later. Many of the couples had remained together. Many had divorced. The couples that stayed married were much better at one thing ¡ª the third level of the Sound Relationship House, Turn Towards Instead of Away. At the six-year follow-up, couples that had stayed married turned towards one another 86% of the time. Couples that had divorced averaged only 33% of the time. The secret is turning towards.
I think this is a pretty incredible piece of data. It suggests that there is something you can do today that will dramatically change the course of your relationship. More importantly, it suggests that there is something that you can not do that will lead to its demise. So, how do you turn towards instead of away? In order to understand turning, you have to first understand bids.”
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Get rid of Medicare (privatizing, if you can afford it),
Get rid of all income taxes and the IRS,
Get rid of all currency and tender restrictions so anyone or anything can issue money,
Get rid of campaign finance limits entirely (free market BS) and
¡°Libertarians¡± want the US to be totally isolationist (I guess that’s why Johnson had no clue about the oldest continuously human occupied city on Earth or any humanitarian crises there).
Libertarians want all the things of modern society but do not want to pay for any of them. Give them free cops, firefighters, EMS, waterways, bridges, highways, streets, lighting, street cleaning and maybe a fruit basket every month, too!Freeloaders!
]]>Amendment 2: In 1791, arms meant muskets, flintlock pistols, long rifles, bayonets, sabers, cannons, artillary.
Amendment 5: In 1791 there were land and naval forces but no air forces.
Amendment 7: In 1791 $20 was a lot of money.
Times change.
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