Pete Hirsch

Practice makes adequate.

[Dan Carlin @HardcoreHistory]

I wonder how many Americans who consider themselves politically aware could pass a civics test about how our government is supposed to function. I wonder how many Americans who ostensibly talk about politics as part of how they make a living could. Our anti-education/anti-knowledge culture has come for our constitutional society. And people who consider themselves "patriotic" celebrate dismantling the very aspects of our Framer's work that those exquisite-minded guys were most proud of. Co-equal branches of govt and checks and balances. Not bugs...but this system's greatest features. We are a politically hypocritical society and this will cost us. Can you imagine if the Biden/Harris/Hillary Clinton crowd were doing and saying the sort of things Trump is saying now? How many of you Trump fans would be ready to take to the streets? "That's what the 2d Amendment is for Dan"...how many times have I been told that by the "defenders of our Constitution"? For 40 years you've been saying it to me! So...it's only a problem if THEY'RE doing it? One side gets a pass at assaulting the constitutional wall that protects us all, and the other doesn't? How many of you would say "they're only joking" or "don't worry, it's a negotiation position" if Kamala Harris said these things? Serious question. You'd be just fine with it? No big deal? And I'm sure the right-wing talker's ecosystem would be too? All of this is going to come back to bite us. All of it. We are shortsighted, propagandized, political hypocrites. And we simply refuse to apply the same standards to both sides.
And while I'm ranting: half of this problem is the fault of the Democratic Party. I've never seen such a toothless, feckless, directionless, passion-free group of poor political candidates in my life (and I was of voting age in the Mondale/Dukakis years). Only their most radical wing shows any passion or life at all...and that's the group that absolutely, positively can't win a general election.
When the great historian in the sky writes about this era the "other party" in a two-party system deserves a ton of the blame too. Everyone over 70 years old in that party should resign right now. What Trump is trying to do in our system now is exactly what the Founders designed safeguards to prevent. And that's why Trump is targeting the safeguards.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@TMobile hey so what's the update on the roaming outage? Oh, and thanks for letting your customers know it was happening. That might have been helpful instead of us scrambling while in another country.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@Robertm51928628 @Super70sSports Didn't he wear Kangaroos?

[Northeast Urbanist @skytopjf]

This is the Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote common sense

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass bottle, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle 12 years later in 1972 to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self-contained ecosystem has flourished for more than 60 years. The garden is a perfectly balanced and self-sufficient ecosystem. The bacteria in the compost eat the dead plants and break down the oxygen that is released by the plants, turning it into carbon dioxide, which is needed for photosynthesis. The bottle is essentially a microcosm of Earth.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@jgerard71 @Super70sSports Poor Wendell Davis! Non-contact double ACL. Stupid turf!

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

❤️❤️❤️

[Beaubien Elementary @JBBElementary]

Tomorrow our 8th graders, the Class of 2023 will be graduating.
Congratulations and best wishes to each and every one of you. Stay Bulldog strong as you head to High School!

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Greatest baseball lists of all time

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@Chicago_History Squander a dynasty.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@alexzfinley Charming guy!

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@ArielParrella @BlockClubCHI Ainsle and Laramie.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@bgardnerfanclub Can I get in line to sign him to my softball team? To be honest, I'm no good at shortstop. He'd be an upgrade.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@DefenseBaron @packers Blech.

[Baseball by BSmile @BSmile]

Happy Birthday Geddy Lee! The brilliant bassist/keyboardist/vocalist of #Rush was born in Toronto, Canada on this day in 1953! 🇨🇦

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@MZanona @GabbyOrr_ @ZcohenCNN Nothing but a bunch of children running our government.

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

Drying your jeans makes your butt square and flat. So I'm told. #squarebutt

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@budweiserbreath L lol l

[Joanna Shupe @JoannaShupe]

With the “Gilded Age” Met Gala and the heartbreaking news about Roe, it seems like a good time to talk about the parallels between the late 19th c and now. Make no mistake, these current attacks on reproductive rights are just part of the bigger picture, which is eugenics. 🧵

[Pete Hirsch @Pete_Hirsch]

@FBTpod Barry Foote