I think I said my thing about the Charlie Kirk funeral on Saturday. I still don’t understand some people’s insistence in sticking to, at best, questionable accusations about his mortifications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why spend time looking at what he’s actually said? Ilhan Omar says he’s a white nationalist; must be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, in the news about the shooting, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has gotten a lot of attention about his statements and actions regarding the manhunt, etc.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Free Press<\/em> ran a long interview<\/a> with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I do appreciate his desire to exit the political sage after his term; politics shouldn’t be a vocation. He’s also a W&L Law alumnus, and I’m a little shocked that they weren’t forced to change their name during The Great Awokening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They did get into the evaporation of community organizations. Callbacks to Bowling Alone<\/a><\/em>. (If you’d like to read the Wiki bit<\/a> on it, enjoy.) I have some vague memories of it being the new hotness when I was in college. Whichever prof recommended wasn’t able to officially put in the course because there hadn’t been sufficient academic review. (Yes, I was an undergrad when it was published….)<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the idea that there’s a group who’ll do important things to improve quality of life for people who are proximate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Somebody you know<\/span> needs something, you try to help them out. Someone might prioritize catering to local friends and family, perhaps at financial disadvantage<\/em>, is just something that government doesn’t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Government doesn’t do things well. Government Doesn’t Work<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bubuhbut, there’s a noble civil servant who’d be employed to make sure government isn’t working to fix problems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want something done, you can: 1. Pickup the phone and call someone. 2. Pay for it yourself to get the problem taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the sort of think that Spike Cohen is trying to do with You Are The Power<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n