Hal Vidlak
When I go to graduate school for my Ph.D. In political science, we learn a lot. But there are some parts of our political system that are really hard to learn.
In political science, there are many things we know. can I know exactly. For example, you can get the latest stats on the unemployment rate, the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line, or the percentage of Americans living above the line that really makes you rich. We can look at election results to understand and predict what will happen in the future.
Political scientists often prefer these numbers. In my own Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan (Hey Ed, can we say ‘go blue’ here, given the soccer playoffs? (Ed: No)), many professors Poured into so many numbers to learn about some aspects of the system or other political systems around the world.
These professors use a variety of methods to perform regression analysis, chi-square evaluation, and many other mathematical measures to have What happened probably Occur. If you’ve ever received a phone call from a real political pollster, remember that in addition to asking about your position on the issue, you were also asked for your age, income level, and other demographic information. prize. Anticipate political action.
But there’s one gap of about six inches in most of these political scientists’ knowledge that really messes things up. What is going on in your brain Unbelievably Difficult to measure — In fact, it is so difficult that much policy science research completely ignores the influence of “individual actors” and focuses only on broader behavioral trends that are more easily measured, such as voting results. And it has always bothered me. Gray matter and how you use it make it important who is in charge.
Of course, this leads us to the great state of Alabama and the mystery that is Donald Trump’s brain.
From previous articles on Colorado politics, to the waning days of the Trump administration, to the dark January days following his defeat in the polls, as he pondered the various constitutional and unconstitutional ways to get into office, Trump will remember doing something grumpy and stupid. Thing: He announced that he was ordering the move of the U.S. Space Force from its headquarters in Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. Trump later boasted that he didn’t listen to a single outside voice or advisor. Rather, he boasts that he “told me to go to Alabama.”
Given the facts of the matter, such a move would make little to no sense. Colorado Springs already has a vast military infrastructure (the reason I came here in 1987) and billions of dollars in the remarkable and very expensive hardware and software needed for the nation’s space defense (” b) investment home. Huntsville certainly has a great history of space operations, but that lovely city is home to an entirely different kind of space operation. Huntsville is all about sending people into space and testing rockets. Space Command, on the other hand, is concerned with early warning of attacks and other space-based operations and should not be detailed in such a rambling essay.
Asking political scientists to explain Trump’s decisions defies the use of traditional predictive “models” for political behavior. Decisions cannot be explained on the basis of logic, evidence, or reason. We can’t even study the bureaucracy that led Trump to make this important decision.
No, political scientists are not very helpful. that’s all The explanation is the incoherent, compelling thought process of an intellectually dim-witted but corrupt individual. Simply put, in Trump’s mind, what does Alabama have that Colorado doesn’t?
Is it the infrastructure that supports space operations? No. Would such an operation require a large number of civilian employees? Does that mean that some important military bases here in Colorado have good relationships with state and local governments?
What is Alabama To do There are more Trump voters.
Colorado, fully prepared and ready to continue conducting critical space operations, voted for Biden. Alabama did not. So you have to ask yourself, Donald Trump is so petty, so vindictive, so immature and mean that for no reason other than his personal sympathy party is he disrupting space operations? , needlessly spend billions of dollars and kick out thousands of military and civilian workers?
yes.
According to a recent Colorado Politics article, the final decision by the Biden administration will soon be on whether to keep Trump’s move on schedule or toss it completely and place Space Command in Colorado Springs. As you’ll see in the story, no issue has united elected officials, regardless of political party, like outright Trump’s decision to move Space Command. Hell, I agree with US Congressman Doug Lamborn, who I ran for Congress in 2008. In a very understatement, Lambourn said:
Future political science professors will have a hard time studying Space Command’s decisions, whatever the outcome. Mathematical models used to predict bureaucratic behavior don’t work here. Only if you can enter into the heart of vanity, stupidity, anger, bitterness and vindictiveness can you understand the decision. I think we can take Trump at his word on this one. he did it all himself. That alone should be reason enough to reconsider the decision. Until then, we’ll wait and see.
How could a truly stupid and malicious person be elected president for just one term and waste billions of dollars and disrupt thousands of lives?
I certainly hope not.
Hal Vidlak is a retired professor of political science and former Air Force Commander who taught for over 17 years at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.