{"id":4676,"date":"2024-08-24T09:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T14:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2024-08-24T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T14:35:55","slug":"reel-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/reel-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Reel It Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;d started writing a long thing on my impressions of Officer Harris&#8217;s DNC performance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a good headline written about Ofc. Harris&#8217;s speech, &#8220;Fears Allayed.&#8221;  There was a marked departure from some of the stupid things that have been done leading up to her aborted candidacy in 2020, and things done by the Biden Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does that mean I&#8217;d ever vote for her?  Hell to the NO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is, and will always be, a <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/06\/03\/kamala-harris-is-a-cop-who-wants-to-be-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cop Who Wants To Be President<\/a>.  That she backed down from some of the authoritarian impulses seen during the first two years of the Biden Administration don&#8217;t change what she and many members of her party did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand that I&#8217;m supposed to be feeling <strong>JOY<\/strong>, but I don&#8217;t.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more so when I think about her choice of a running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video Appears To Show Nat\u2019l Guard, MPD Shooting Paint Rounds At Citizens On Their Porch\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0zeauprMJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some call it Authoritarianism, in Minnesota, they call it disease control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stuff with his National Guard service is also concerning.  Do I think it&#8217;s really &#8220;stolen valor&#8221; that he portrayed himself as a CSM when he never finished the course, and retired as an MSG?  No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1995 DUI\/DWI arrest really, really, really bothers me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he&#8217;d been on active duty, he would have faced very harsh penalties under the UCMJ.  That he skated as a Guardsman is incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, too, is his continue employment with a school district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can remember my mother working for Fairfax County Public Schools and being nervous about having <em>a glass<\/em> of wine with dinner because of their policies regarding staff consumption.  That would have been in about 1990?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s inline punctuation check is annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scads of speeches laying out standard Democrat talking points, but, largely her speech was made to erase the memory of what she, and her party, did since Obama left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The things I&#8217;d wanted to write about also got derailed by some of the stuff from the Libertarians, and the RFK Jr. &#8220;drop-out.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I listened to the <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/podcast\/2024\/08\/16\/is-donald-trump-the-best-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SoHo Forum debate with Art Laffer and Chase Oliver<\/a>.  I could pick out a few things from each where I disagree, but the chances of me voting for Trump are about as close to zero as they&#8217;ve ever been, and Oliver probably won&#8217;t be on the ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if he was there, I&#8217;d have trouble filling in the circle next to his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So march it on.  I&#8217;m ready for the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d started writing a long thing on my impressions of Officer Harris&#8217;s DNC performance. I had a good headline written about Ofc. 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