@FreeTradeBryan@DavidBahnsen Unsurprisingly, agriculture is made up of a huge diversity of products and markets. Some have flourished in the last year. Some have not. Sometimes sweeping generalities are unhelpful to this type of forum. Some are clarified in the attached article. No boots on the ground view
This entire election season has essentially been a challenge of two sides that act like they do not want to win. Obviously they would never say that, and of course I know it isn’t intentional. But my point is not about intentions. It is about the actuality.
For Republicans, a simple “do you have anyone who didn’t deny they lost the election in 2020, who understands issues and is competent and principled, that could run?” would have been a good place to start. Not one, and not two, and not three, but a minimum of four Republican Governors could have done that. DeSantis. Kemp. Abbott. Youngkin. Some more electable than others but all brutally proficient, principled, competent, Presidential. And anyone would be COASTING to victory right now. Coasting. The contemptible left wing media would, no doubt, be trying to demonize them, too, but at least it would be 100% untrue, instead of only 50% untrue. We’d be paying more attention to the WNBA than the Presidential race with a GOP Governor candidate who was basically a stand-in for some form of Reaganite classical conservatism. But no. We had to double down on a personality candidacy, one rooted in the deepest insecurities I have ever seen in public life, ever. One disconnected from ideology, principle, character, and sense. Sure, some good policies (a few bad ones, too). But in no sane world is Trump the man anyone feels would be the most qualified from this party to be President. Again, like they don’t want it.
So for Democracts, they can’t fumble this away, right? I mean, they beat a guy (barely) four years ago, and THEN he threw a hideous national temper tantrum that resulted in Jan 6, saw a disastrous midterms for Republicans, and has done all he can to alienate independent and moderate voters over and over again. What could they do to lose this one? I know. How about double down on men playing women in women’s sports. Refuse to walk away from the ABSOLUTE CULTURAL INSANITY of the last few years. Nominate someone who can barely get a sentence out without sending like a C-student who has never read a book. Nominate someone who has boldly, loudly, unequivocally advocated for the most radical positions in American public life for years (green new deal, Medicare for all, open borders, massive benefits to illegal immigrants, gender transition surgery for felons, etc.). All they had to do was be normal. All they had to do was not double down on crazy. They couldn’t do it.
Someone does have to win this in the end. It just isn’t going to be a party that acted like they wanted to. It’s going to be an accident - an accidental winner in a country that increasingly acts like it wants to lose, with both parties to blame.
@thisisfoster I think Paul summed this up nicely: Speak the truth in love; Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Can handle it, hard to do.
It’s a good day in the USA as hearings begin for Judge K.B. Jackson for SCOTUS & my prayer is for a good debate with real Q & A. Senators need to ask direct questions on important issues on which good people can disagree. Stories like this worry me though. https://t.co/RVbVwPeRC6
Christian K-12 schools need to stop measuring success by how many students they get into elite colleges and start measuring success by how many of their former students go to church 10 years after graduation.
I’m thankful for these boys and excited to see how far they can go in tournaments and in development of their team pillars: humility, commitment, thankfulness and hard work. #goeagles https://t.co/XGUZk7uith
Church, rest, great fellowship, advent, a good book, a fire, a glass of wine, cup of coffee and Bach’s cellos lightly playing, family noise in the background…a blessed Sabbath.
Our middle school Sunday school class had a wonderful weekend hanging out together and learning from @LeeStrobel . It takes an engaging and thoughtful speaker to keep young folks attention…he was masterful. And these are some great young people too!