G.C. Bendixen

Strength. Loyalty. Work. Faith. Be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord thy God.
King David (1 Kings 2:2-3)

[G.C. Bendixen @GCBendixen]

@dcas91 @SLCScanner @fox13 Yes. Though I apologize for the low quality and the dirty windshield.

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SR 201 Eastbound at 3200 W entrance.

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SR 201 now open. Entrance ramp still blocked.

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All eastbound lanes, including the entrance ramp, are shut down. Drones flying above about 50' east of blockade.

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@estencooke @DanShaha @BobJenkinsfr Good point. I had been thinking just of ordinances, but the role of confidant, leader, and watchman is a whole separate issue.

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@Maverick0087367 @Bluestown901 @MilHistNow Don't read what we did in Manila. The Filipinos erected a nice monument and are very grateful to Americans for doing it, but a lot more people died in a month in just that city than all the bombing in all of France.

[G.C. Bendixen @GCBendixen]

@BenMcAdams Enough already! We tried being accepting, we tested the slippery slope, we have put up with and allowed all types of evil in the name of loving one another. And now we know what our ancestors for thousands of years have known: There IS a right way to live and be happy.

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@ENERGY @belleofva Ahead of schedule and under budget are great milestones to hit.

[U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY]

🚨ICYMI: First test reactor in President Trump’s Pilot Program hits milestone to ramp up American nuclear power — a month ahead of schedule.

All we needed was a new President, to unleash the American Nuclear Renaissance! https://t.co/YOBWUrLU0z

[G.C. Bendixen @GCBendixen]

@DavidJHarrisJr America is a dream. Those who do not share the same dream should not be in America.

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@DrMargaretShow @snjlnd This happens every ebola outbreak. Distrust of doctors and health organizations is at an all time high, and rightfully so, but even if it wasn't, this is the culture in this part of Africa, this is how they always act when ebola hits.

[ColonelTowner-Watkins @ColonelTowner]

Story time to prove this point. My husband is a commercial electrical contractor. He has been an electrician since he was 18 yrs old. His dad and granddad were electricians. He has a high school degree and one of the earliest #'d electrical contractor licenses in the State of Florida that is still active.

He was the Publix headquarters (located in our hometown) electrical contractor for decades, his father was before him. As they built out their massive compound in Lakeland, he did all the electrical work. There was not a single electrical engineer ever used during that time; just his design/build. No fancy degrees on the wall, no charge for the design, just dependable electrical work that never failed. He put in there industrial freezer of 600,000 sq ft, their massive data center, all the original ATMs in the state of Florida, among many other projects.

Once the 3rd gen family members took over at Publix who had attended impressive universities with their credentials on the wall, they didn't appreciate the local electrical contractor or sheet metal guy or HVAC guys that all had high school degrees doing the massive projects they had been doing for decades. On the electrical side, they began hiring their friends with degrees that they went to school with. On one project, they paid over a million dollars for a plan for that 600,000 sq ft freezer bc there was no way the guy that did every other building in the complex could do this new building without that fancy degree. The engineer designed the building for 4160V equipment. The entire building was designed for this high voltage bc the freezer equipment required it. PS: we're on a municipal electrical system and they hadn't even contacted them to determine the upgraded service requirement to include in the design, which was significant.

The design meeting presentation that my husband attended, on his own dime bc they wouldn't pay him to attend these until he was awarded the contract, took 2/3 hrs for the credentialed crowd to present their information. Then they opened it up for Q&A. My husband is looking at the facilities guy who he went to school with, who wasn't a dummy, to ask the most logical question and he just sat there silently. So my husband asks it instead, "where are the 110V, 220V step down gear?" The electrical engineers just stare at him and said there wasn't any.

My husband said, "you know that design has a tool room and a computer room as well as a docking area for forklifts. I'm not aware of 4160V computers or forklifts"

They were paid $1M for credentialed shit and my high school degree husband with decades of doing shit was there for free. He did his own design AND built it. Now, when we drive by, he also has the added pride of being part of a generation that built his local community.

PS, I have a wall full of credentials and none of them taught me more about being an officer than serving as an enlisted airman.

This picture is on his wall as the only credential that matters. This is him beside his grandpa's truck.

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

Many schools literally have two-tiered justice.

Back in the late ‘90s at Choate, there was (and still is) an official Diversity administrator whose entire job was to help minority students “acclimate.” That meant getting them out of detentions and suspensions, letting them retake exams to inflate GPAs, etc. - the soft bigotry of low expectations.

It's even worse in public schools today.

My friend’s wife teaches middle school in an affluent north Houston suburb. Small minority population (~10%), many troubled/disadvantaged.

Teachers are explicitly told: do not formally discipline minority kids.

If stats show "disproportionate" punishment (> 10%) of minorities, the principal gets dragged by the superintendent. Career on the line.

This isn’t compassion.
It’s surrender.

We’re manufacturing the next generation of failures while calling it “equity.”

And then we act shocked at the results.

[Orla Minihane @orlaminihane]

This is Lucy Stemp from Tonbridge in Kent. She is missing in Paris. No one has heard from her in a week. Her family are desperate to locate her. The police and interpol are involved. Please share. @pinkladies_uk

[G.C. Bendixen @GCBendixen]

@RykerJackson97 @CherylB2121 We don't view fake Christians promoting homosexuality and transgenderism negatively?
We don't view Muslims murdering Christians negatively?
What rock are you living under?
Evil exists in the world, and we do view it negatively.

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@GiffLasta Great! Thank you!

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@GiffLasta Any updates on your book getting an audio version?

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@henkel_jen @PolitiBunny Heaven forbid the bartenders actually wash the glasses.

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