To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
I post a lot about the people I shadow
Never posted about someone who shadows me
He's there every morning before I log on
Every late night when I'm the last one in the building
He doesn't cc leadership when I mess up
Just quietly covers the balance
Every quarter I've come up short, he absorbs the liability himself
Never once asked for anything in return
So I finally looked at the terms
The buyer acquired 100% of the liability
The seller brought nothing to the table
And the buyer still closed
Unconditional
Turns out he signed it before I even knew there was a deal
My analyst tried to model the return
Said it doesn't work on a spreadsheet
Said the whole thesis is based on something he can't quantify
Told him welcome to the deal
Happy Easter
Driving a vehicle at law enforcement is like pointing a gun. The officer has to take lethal action.
Rhetoric that causes people to be terrified of law enforcement incites violent action.
Godliness is more than Christian character; it is Christian character that springs from a devotion to God. But it is also true that devotion to God always results in godly character.
One again, if I were looking for a dumpster fire, X did not disappoint.
In other news, I find it appalling that there are those who profess faith in Christ who are blatant anti-semites.