A public record of some of my thoughts. Feel free to comment, but don't expect me to respond.
It’s become cliche to claim that your side is innocent and just while the opponents are Hitler and evil.
The idea is to cut through all the confusion and nuance and make it a simple decision.
Trump is evil. Biden is evil. Putin is evil. China is evil. Etc.
It gets tiring, and I try to resist it.
Except this time.
Hamas is evil.
Because I don’t like him, and Smitemouth seems to think the only reason I don’t like people is because they’re women.
I’m not sure what it is about Gaetz that rubs me the wrong way, but something does.
I’m also not sure what I think about yesterday’s news.
On the pro side …
Republicans have a deep-seated “we are the minority and have to compromise” mentality. It’s woven into their personalities, and they have to get past it. They have to learn to fight. McCarthy was not a fighter.
On the con side …
Republicans have a very slim majority in the House, and you can only do so much in that position. Maybe compromise is the best they can do.
There’s something called “the unconstrained vision,” which believes man is maleable and should be altered to create a better society. The “constrained vision” believes in human nature, and that man can’t be changed all that much.
I see that distinction in the video below. Why does he want to change man rather than find a way to clone meat so that an animal doesn’t have to die to give us a steak?
S. Matthew Liao, a "bioethicist" with ties to the WEF: Humans should be genetically modified to induce an intolerance to meat, in order to solve "climate change".
"It turns out that we can use human engineering to help us address climate change… People eat too much meat,… pic.twitter.com/YP3kVYWOKD
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) October 2, 2023
I’m struggling with the concept of “citizen journalism” and whether it’s a good thing or not. There seem to be good and bad elements, and I’m very concerned about where we’re heading with “news.”
I have deep reservations about "citizen journalism." It can be both a good and a bad thing. Please listen to this commentary and let me know what you think. pic.twitter.com/xIxqMDMsvm
— Greg Krehbiel (@krehbielgroup) September 29, 2023
I was incredibly fortunate to be able to visit a daughter in Hawaii last week. It was a blast. Lovely place. Lovely weather. Great beaches. Just a tremendous time.
For some reason I harbored a small flicker of vain hope that the contagion — otherwise known as Catholic music — hadn’t infected the Island. I was wrong.
Here’s how I described it in my most recent Krehbiel Letter.
Just sing. Catholic church music sets my teeth on edge and makes my brain hurt, so I had hoped that the contagion hadn’t made it all the way to Hawaii. I was wrong.
Lesson. Sometimes an entire discipline can get infected with really bad ideas. Keep that in mind. While we should generally trust experts, there are cases where every expert (in whatever discipline) believes nonsense. Also, you shouldn’t get mad at the individual expert when the entire discipline has gone astray. They’re just following their training.