{"id":3493,"date":"2021-07-03T07:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2021-07-03T07:57:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:57:02","slug":"independence-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/independence-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Busy week.  Lots of discussion about some of the things I heard towards the end of last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still keeping my thumb on the pulse of the tumult with the LP, and becoming increasingly convinced that there&#8217;s lots of folks with exactly the wrong approach to well&#8230;.just about everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/control-h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lol202106.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That was definitely a left-handed compliment.  You can find the sarcasm by clicking on <strong>MyProfile<\/strong>, and selecting <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Insight<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the tweet speaks to the push on messaging.  He was talking in the podcast about focusing messaging to individual personal benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all about <em><strong>you<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly the sort of messaging that was aimed at the Baby Boomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run a survey of <strong>your<\/strong> friends on <strong>your<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/my.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Yahoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s tack B.  So much has gone in to focus in super-serving what used to be the biggest segment of the US population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tack A is a refreshing of the RON PAUL 2008 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s ignore the fact that it didn&#8217;t work back then.  Or in 2012.  But if we do it harder, it&#8217;ll be done correctly this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something else I was listening to recently was talking about the Socialists&#8217; push on Socialism.  They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wanted<\/span> Sweden or Denmark.  They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">got<\/span> Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if they&#8217;d <s>forced<\/s>convinced one more book more ardently, everything would be A-okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as people exhale more-urgently into the sails of a potential campaign, the less attention and support I can muster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>Maybe that makes me <\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nope, I&#8217;m not supposed to say that sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>What else is on tap for this week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am <strong>off work<\/strong> from tonight until Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be turning my work phone off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My corporate email account will get checked because I have the account on my personal iPhone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will kind of be marooned, but that&#8217;s part of what I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(And the other part is Waffle House&#8230;.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll get around to getting Mailman fixed on this VPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll figure out what to write about this summer (Yes, I&#8217;m going to do that, even though it&#8217;s contrary to doctor&#8217;s orders&#8230;..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busy week. 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