Left Brain Verses Right Brain?

President Obama signed an executive order on Immigration Reform last week in Las Vegas, Nevada, although the Republican party is staunchly against it

However, when previous president's took the same executive actions (President Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush) -- where was the rebuttal from the Republican party then? 

Did the GOP not know what kind of legislation was being passed and is the reason for not refuting? Or did they know about the legislation from past president's and decided to go along with their party because well...it's their party? 

I'm just trying to make sense of why Republicans deem President Obama to be an emperor and/or king for his executive actions, but didn't label past president's as the same; or did they? 

Also, let's not forget that it was Speaker of the House John Boehner's idea for President Obama to act on the border crisis/ immigration reform alone -- knowing that his party wasn't going to, so what gives? Why such hostility against the 44th President for doing exactly what previous president's have done?

The Democrat and Republican way of thinking made me want to research the inner workings of our brains -- to see which sides fall in line with liberals and conservatives; research shows that the left and right sides of the brain are indeed fundamentally different.

- The left side of the brain reportedly targets; decisive, reason, control, logic, numbers, strategy, science, realistic,
etc.

- The right side of the brain reportedly targets; intuition, love, the arts, freedom, passion, vivid, peace, creativity, etc.

It would seem that the left brain operates more or less robotically (like one that has no rhythm and is easily programmed), while the right side tends to be more fluid (like one that has all kinds of rhythm and walks to the beat of it's own drum). 

Moreover, it would seem that both sides would be extraordinary if they worked together instead of being divided -- like our country's government. 

Liberals seem to acknowledge both sides of the brain while conservatives appear more comfortable staying on the left-side while rebuking progressive history such as science; choosing to see things only in black and white verses a semblance of a whole. 

Due to this left brain thinking, is this a reason of why Republicans constantly try to do away with the board of education and the humanities department; any form of progressive learning and art -- because it allows one to actively learn while using the art form to define oneself instead of having someone dictate to you...who you are?

And is science denied by the right-wing because facts and evidence seem to always prove a valid point, which of course means that as long we continue looking into past history with our questions it will almost certainly provide us with answers? 

But I guess if the GOP's plan is to continuously blind us with false pretense, then it would behoove them to try and make us conform too strictly left brain thinking verses right; of course with some dilution.

I say all this to say, if Republicans are indeed mostly left-brain thinking, then this current governmental fight between both parties and the nation as a whole -- stands a chance of lasting longer than I thought.

2014 LA

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