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Music from this week’s podcast: It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green by Frank Sinatra
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@mrnick, You remembered correctly. Ted Cruz both:
I recall that Thomas Sowell, on observing Ted Cruz campaigning against ethanol subsidies in Iowa, remarked, “Senator Cruz’s refusal to pander to the sacred cow of ethanol subsidies in Iowa showed a resolve that is rare in politics…”
“….a resolve that is rare in politics…”. Do you just love the way that phrase just rolls off the tongue?
What Ted did in Iowa was an act of political valor that should not be forgotten so soon. I was disappointed when the hosts of the Ricochet podcast–for whom I have much respect–forgot about it.
They are pretty selective, I think.
Psst. The promo code in the “show notes” for robinhood.com is wrong.
They have to be. Just think of the “Caravans” to Hillsdale if they weren’t.
Right, but we need many more easier colleges that teach the same stuff. That is an oversimplification, but if you care about people and The Republic, it’s just a reality.
I always re-played to myself the Trump quote, “We have people who are . . . stupid.”
But, holy cow! You can tell when I fast forward? That’s kind of scary. Are you going to put me in a camp?
I would advise young people to finish high school. That assumes they can attain a basic proficiency in the tools of modern life. I would not advise they attend college if they do not have a real goal. They will be far better served if they have some experience in the reality of life before they try college. You also should make yourself of Mike Rowe (the Dirty Jobs guy) and his Roweworks scholarship program. It is intended to support people wanting to learn a trade. Look him up. He is worth your attention.
What every candidate should do is make his case for phasing out the subsidies. No one likes the rug yanked out from under them, but giving farmers a chance to prepare for the loss of “revenue” makes the ending of subsidies more bearable . . .
What it revealed is that that particular cow isn’t as sacred as its proponents would have people think.
“Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight” is about keeping and breaking faith; about trying and failing to live up to one’s ideals. Gawaine has a code to which he has resolved to live by, even unto death, but in the end he fails. Rather than hide this failure, he confesses it and displays a mark of his failure by wearing the green girdle on his arm to remind himself and others. The other Knights of the Round Table also wear girdles on their arms to let Gawaine know that all fall short of the ideal.
Maybe. That’s what I got, anyway. Oh, and don’t volunteer to exchange swats with an axe with perfect strangers at parties.
Good things that Trump has accomplished?
James came close, but didn’t quite get there: Donald Trump calls out the lying, lazy, dishonest media on their lying, lazy, dishonesty.
That’s the BEST thing that Trump does, that no other Republican of significance has EVER done.
Newt Gingrich used to.
Fair point. Newt wasn’t nearly as effective at it as Trump is, though. Is that only because Newt never made it a part of his stump speeches, at least not to the extent Trump did/does?
James asked Rob about how long it would take to replace the power plants of all building in NYC. Well, I actually am an accountant for a company that is actually replacing every Electric Meter in all of NYC and Westchester (we are switching the old fashioned meters with smart meters that can communicate info directly to the utility). Just to replace all the meters which is one small component of what he is asking will take us 7 years. We are 2 years in. As Kevin Williamson says, we are conservative in the things we know best. I would guess 30 years to do the Green New Deal thing if you mobilized like WW2.
And of course the CO2 output from all these changes would be enormous.
I like Whitaker Chambers’ insight into how God looks at humanity. That is, not at humanity, like Fascists, but at each indivdual.
But I think Rob missed somethind particularly apposite for this week. Jesus’ special favor fell upon those who had faith and upon children, and His condemnation fell heavily on those who did the little ones harm.
Most influential book? Did you ever see a dream walking?, Wm.F.Buckley, ed.
My son did that: He was in a Marine Reserve Engineering unit in college. He’s now close to finishing a PhD in chemistry.
But think carefully about how reserved you want to be. His main disgruntlement turned out to be that they didn’t get tapped for a six-month deployment. I understand. I extended my tour in Vietnam to get reassigned to a combat slot. After my wife and kids, one of the 5 best decisions I’ve made.
So if the young person is hoping for Fun, Travel, and Adventure from his stint in the reserves, he should make sure deployment, or at least training, will provide it.