My notes said I never posted this one here. This is me being organized. This is from a 6 month old note to repost my content
fear me I have spreadsheets
Dad was a policeman … He was teaching me to drive … I was driving through a big intersection, I had the green light, so I just proceeded … Dad said “Pull over” …
I asked “Why?” …
He said “Pull over now” …
When I pulled over I asked “What’s up?” … He looked at me and said, “You’re dead, that’s what’s up” … He said “You just drove through that intersection without looking either way for traffic coming your way” …
I said, “But I had a green light” …
He then said, “I go to plenty of traffic accidents where people were killed driving through a green light”.
“Just because you have the green light, doesn’t mean you can’t get hit by a bus”.
“Never go through any intersection without checking your surrounds and the surrounding traffic” … “Never assume that because you have the green light, it’s safe to proceed” …
As I grew older, I learned that advice applied to many situations …
Elites are fine with spending $20 billion annually on universities, $80 billion on non-essential public servants and $50 billion on the renewable transition but the second you mention investing in domestic manufacturing for our working class and industry for the regions they lose their minds as if we live in some free market libertarian paradise instead of a rigged economy that only works for them.
I suspect that the whole trans madness will die out in around five years or so, having been finally debunked, scientifically and logically. Then, in years to come, the period 2018-2030 will be looked upon as a total aberration, a period when the political and cultural elites took leave of their senses and tried to impose a crackpot belief system that conflicted with everyday reality. The debate is only going one way.
Dad: I worked and saved all my life. Instead of blowing through all my money before I die, I will give it to my son.
Son: Thank you, father. This will help me raise a family of my own.
Freelance Journalist Abi Wilkinson: Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?