{"id":3547,"date":"2021-08-04T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2021-08-04T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:26:13","slug":"four-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/04\/four-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Four"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting some feedback on OD about my last two entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I don&#8217;t think the way a lot of people do.  Understood.  But I do aim for consistency, adherence to underlying principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe my life would be easier if I played for &#8220;one of the two&#8221; political teams.  Sorry, I can&#8217;t do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I only can do what ultimately makes me feel comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also admit that I can make incorrect pronouncements;  I&#8217;m willing to hear other arguments if they&#8217;re well thought-out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very little of what I&#8217;m seeing with what&#8217;s happening in DC today points to that, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Machiavellian curiosity is just about how corrupt the folks in the &#8220;mainstream&#8221; are when it comes to exercising power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;d be better to ask directly, firmly, what do you think it&#8217;s always unacceptable for government to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news cycle is moving so incredibly quickly.  I know, I know, it&#8217;s <em><strong>dangerous<\/strong><\/em> that I get my news from multiple sources, Chuck Todd, but I am paying attention to what&#8217;s happening in New York because I&#8217;m supposed to go up there in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their wonderful mayor was touting some new vaccine passport yesterday that&#8217;ll allow you entry to bars\/restaurants\/clubs\/etc..  This afternoon\/evening, there&#8217;s been a full backpeddle from some of his political allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/boston-mayor-vaccine-passports-slavery\" target=\"_blank\">mayor of Boston<\/a>.  Hm.  How&#8217;s that work, now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re finished.  You failed.  Move on to something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll cross my fingers, and hope that there&#8217;s no issues with my trip to NYC in October.  And DC this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting some feedback on OD about my last two entries. Yes, I don&#8217;t think the way a lot of people do. Understood. But I do aim for consistency, adherence to underlying principles. Maybe my life would be easier if I played for &#8220;one of the two&#8221; political teams. Sorry, I can&#8217;t do that. I only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}