{"id":37257,"date":"2022-04-23T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=37257"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:41:23","slug":"an-evening-with-senator-tom-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/23\/an-evening-with-senator-tom-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"An evening with Senator Tom Cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As balance to a 2018 gathering (see Elizabeth Warren helps another politician raise money on a \u201cget money out of politics\u201d platform<\/a>), I recently attended an evening with Senator Tom Cotton<\/a>. It pains me to say this about a Harvard graduate, but his knowledge of world history going back at least to the 1950s is impressive, especially regarding the Middle East and China. The voters of Arkansas picked a seriously bookish person to represent them. Cotton is 44 so by current American standards of cognitive excellence he won’t be ready to run for U.S. President until the year 2056.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the guests (total of about 15) talked about quitting public company boards because of the pressure to jump on the social justice, BLM, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ bandwagons. I personally attribute this to the lack of competition in the U.S. European airlines, for example, are more numerous and ticket prices are lower for comparable trips. Therefore, European companies are less likely to have the extra profits to be able to indulge in non-business activities. An investor said that he thought companies waved the rainbow flag because it enabled them to recruit employees at lower wages. It wouldn’t simply be a job, but rather a mission. Senator Cotton thought that this was something that would be dealt with at the state level, e.g., California’s law to force companies to hire board members based on gender ID. From ca.gov<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publicly held corporations were required to have at least one female director on their Board of Directors by December 31, 2019. … Who qualifies as a female director? A female is an individual who self-identifies her gender as a woman, without regard to the individual\u2019s designated sex at birth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Definitely a politician to watch, though I didn’t agree with some of his comments regarding China. If the mission of Americans is building a low-skill low-labor force participation society via open borders, a lavish welfare state, and tens of millions of low-skill migrants, I think we need to cooperate with, not confront, China. We’re not going to start making our own iPhones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An older attendee, originally from the Midwest, asked why we couldn’t have bipartisan action on a range of issues that she believed to be important. None of those under 60 thought that there was any reason for Joe Biden and the Democrats to compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was leaving, I thanked Senator Cotton for educating us on a wide range of topics but said that I wouldn’t be able to support him if he were running against Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle<\/a>. He responded that he fully understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the neighborhood where the gathering was held, white and Black can coexist peacefully:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And, of course, people in a full rainbow of race and gender IDs can enjoy the beach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The adjacent playground has a sign reminding visitors that it is an “inclusive environment”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Not like the Playgrounds of Hate that are common elsewhere; see Harvard graduate discovers that the suburbs are packed with narrow-minded white heterosexuals<\/a> in which the 2SLGBTQQIA+ minister talks about feeling excluded by the white hetero soccer moms in the playground back in Lincoln, Maskachusetts.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An idea if you’re redoing the driveway…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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