Comments on: 26th Amendment: Enemy of the Republican Party? http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756 Relevant, Contemporary and Uniquely Conservative Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul Smith http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-1009 Paul Smith Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:21:45 +0000 http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-1009 SactoDoug, I have read that research also. Good post. I am not sure a lot of folks want to know about this research. The economic, political, and social ramifications would be staggering. However, what's the use of having all this great research if we don't use it? Can you imagine not using the advances in medicine in this day and age? Well worth discussing. SactoDoug,

I have read that research also. Good post. I am not sure a lot of folks want to know about this research. The economic, political, and social ramifications would be staggering. However, what’s the use of having all this great research if we don’t use it? Can you imagine not using the advances in medicine in this day and age? Well worth discussing.

]]> By: SactoDoug http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-989 SactoDoug Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:28:06 +0000 http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-989 I agree. The 26th Amendment should be repealed. In addition to that, the enlistment age to enter the military should return to 21 and the age to marry without parental consent should be returned to 21. Even the age to enter into a contract without parental consent should be raised to 21 with the exception of emancipated minors. Advances in our understanding of the brain has shown that the frontal lobe (where our judgement is developed) is still going through dramatic changes until the early to mid 20's. This explains why teenagers are more rash, and make poor decisions. The trend as time moves forward is for adulthood to be postponed and immaturity extended. It is reflected in the higher average ages that people get married and leave their parents house keeps rising higher. Marriage and being self supporting are both signs of maturity or in this case a lack of maturity among the average youth today. I agree. The 26th Amendment should be repealed. In addition to that, the enlistment age to enter the military should return to 21 and the age to marry without parental consent should be returned to 21. Even the age to enter into a contract without parental consent should be raised to 21 with the exception of emancipated minors.

Advances in our understanding of the brain has shown that the frontal lobe (where our judgement is developed) is still going through dramatic changes until the early to mid 20′s. This explains why teenagers are more rash, and make poor decisions.

The trend as time moves forward is for adulthood to be postponed and immaturity extended. It is reflected in the higher average ages that people get married and leave their parents house keeps rising higher. Marriage and being self supporting are both signs of maturity or in this case a lack of maturity among the average youth today.

]]> By: Jeff http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-978 Jeff Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:28:54 +0000 http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-978 How about not encouraging people to vote without asking that they only exercise that right if they accept their responsibility to become reasonably well informed? The notion that it is good that people vote regardless of how uninformed they are is comparable to suggesting that hanging mobs are preferable to diligent jurors. Why encourage people to do what they are unqualified to do intelligently? I'd like to see responsible media develop tests of basic understanding of issue that they would encourage people to take so that the can assess their own civic literacy. And I would like to see the same media stop making everything about politics and gamesmanship and instead act like policy choices mattered in their own right. How about not encouraging people to vote without asking that they only exercise that right if they accept their responsibility to become reasonably well informed? The notion that it is good that people vote regardless of how uninformed they are is comparable to suggesting that hanging mobs are preferable to diligent jurors. Why encourage people to do what they are unqualified to do intelligently? I’d like to see responsible media develop tests of basic understanding of issue that they would encourage people to take so that the can assess their own civic literacy. And I would like to see the same media stop making everything about politics and gamesmanship and instead act like policy choices mattered in their own right.

]]> By: d.eris http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-969 d.eris Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:34:56 +0000 http://hoguenews.com/?p=4756#comment-969 "Are 18-21 mature enough to vote for serious elections knowing that their main source of info is spoon fed by rap and rock stars?" Lol. Are 30-55 year olds mature enough to vote for serious elections knowing that they crave to be spoon fed propaganda by cable news, establishmentarian print papers and tabloids? And what about senior citizens, many of whom still get their news from broadcast television of all places? "how many 18 year olds are versed well enough in Government, the principles of the two party system to go out and vote intelligently regardless of the YouTube hype that they see everyday?" 70% of Americans across all age groups fail a <a href="http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/report_card.html" rel="nofollow">basic civics literacy test</a>. Less than half can even name all three branches of government. The over 21 set should consider removing the log from their own eye before they complain about the splinter in the eye of the youth. “Are 18-21 mature enough to vote for serious elections knowing that their main source of info is spoon fed by rap and rock stars?”

Lol. Are 30-55 year olds mature enough to vote for serious elections knowing that they crave to be spoon fed propaganda by cable news, establishmentarian print papers and tabloids? And what about senior citizens, many of whom still get their news from broadcast television of all places?

“how many 18 year olds are versed well enough in Government, the principles of the two party system to go out and vote intelligently regardless of the YouTube hype that they see everyday?”

70% of Americans across all age groups fail a basic civics literacy test. Less than half can even name all three branches of government. The over 21 set should consider removing the log from their own eye before they complain about the splinter in the eye of the youth.

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