Time doesn’t mean much in eternity but the difference was striking.
For those who had been there the longest this had been a land of gloom. Not the pain and anguish of those condemned below, but of dull grays eternally unchanging .
From the Moment he had arrived all had changed. From Isaiah to Joshua, the words poured forth in anticipation prophesying to all that the great day was coming giving hope to those who came. With the Baptist’s arrival the storm of anticipation grew in all within
To those creatures lurking outside the gates however their fear was palatable.
All around was gloom and gray. Countless souls wandering seemingly lost as he joined the endless stream of the thong.
In a few moments all changed. he was enveloped by men, dozens of them, excited, enraptured. All of the gloom of Shoel melting away at the very sight of him. They turned to each other sharing their happiness Praising God with all the excitement of men who knew their exile would soon be ended.
Joseph remembered seeing this joy once before, the night his son was born and smiled knowingly.
If you are a shareholder of Twitter this is your: “I’m going to make them an offer they can’t refuse” moment. Elon Musk’s offer is your best chance to make the best possible profit on your investment. You don’t have to deal with any of the drama that’s been going on, you don’t have to take sides, you can just cash out and leave it to someone else to deal with. On the minus side if you choose not to take this price, twitter shares will tank faster than CNN+ Unless of course another billionaire decided he’s willing to offer 60+ Billion instead in order to keep those who support free speech silenced then you can sell to either and then watch it tank
Over to you George Soros.
What’s really funny about this is that even if people who hold a solid third of Twitter decide not to sell because they want twitter to remain a gatekeeper against “hate speech” (which they define as: “Any speech I hate”) Musk can still end up with 51% of Twitter and once he does he will have the controlling interest which will give him the power to make changes without taking the company private.
It’s really a lose/lose situation for these folks.
According to some estimates the offer that Musk as made for twitter represent between 1/6 & 1/8 of his estimated net worth. That’s a ton of money to spend on something like this but it reminds me of what a friend of mine Author Tim Imholt (who used to blog here as DaScienceGuy many years ago has told me about rich people from experience. They tend to have much more money then they know what to do with so it’s no big deal.
If Musk loses his entire investment or even half his net worth on this venture he’ll be reduced to living a life more comfortable than nearly every human that has ever existed since the dawn of time. Their only troubles are the ones they make for themselves
Two comments on that fact
Pretty much all of the rich in this period of history are in the same boat in terms of comfort
This is why Christ warns about how hard it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. When you can have all you want at any time and are used to getting it it’s hard to remember the wages of sin when there is absolutely no resistance if you want something sinful
While it’s been a lot of fun watching the left fall apart over this we who are enjoying it should remember something.
None of this means that Elon Musk is a conservative, who recognizes conservative values, supports conservative causes or share our political, religious or cultural views.
It only means that he agrees with us on free speech.
There is also no guarantee that a Musk controlled Twitter will not decide to go off on a nasty direction in the future.
It will be what it will be but it’s worth remembering Musk isn’t the Messiah, it remains to be seen if he’s a just a very naughty boy.
Finally The left’s unhinged reaction to this shows how weak their arguments are as they have no confidence that they can survive in a game that isn’t fixed. However let me note a bright side to this for them.
If Musk is successful in his takeover Trump’s “Truth” shares will tank faster than twitter share will if the takeover fails. Also other platforms like Gab will also be severely impacted by a Twitter that isn’t driven by ideology.
I suspect we will see a lot of stories on how this screws Trump if it happens because the left will need a narrative to keep them from jumping.
Cue Eric Idle in an iconic and ironic video for Good Friday
I’m not quite sure when progressive indoctrination replaced actual civics here in the United States. I’m not sure anyone is because this transformation was gradual and stealthy. In an attempt to research that point for this article I searched for the following phrase on Google: “when did social studies replace civics.” Here is the most informative quote the anti oracles at Google provided:
Until the 1960s, it was common for American high school students to have three separate courses in civics and government. But civics offerings were slashed as the curriculum narrowed over the ensuing decades, and lost further ground to “core subjects” under the NCLB-era standardized testing regime
The response was just what I expected. The transition began in the 1960s, when the Marxists began their transformation of the United States from a Constitutional Republic into a socialist democracy. When I started grade school in the late 1970s the class was called social studies but civics was still at the core of the subject. When I ended grade school it was more social studies and less civics. That trend continued through my high school years. When I attended the University of Massachusetts real civics was difficult to find.
The NCLB mentioned in the quote is the abbreviation for No Child Left Behind, one of George W. Bush’s crowning achievements. Until Obama’s Common Core came along it was the worst thing to ever happen to American Public education.
It is extraordinarily safe to say that progressive indoctrination is now completely out of control here in the United States, at all levels. It has infected all subject. It has taken so many different forms, all of which are meant to turn every single student into an ignorant, unquestioning, and obedient slave. The political left does not want educated free citizens. The more ignorant, immoral, and unhappy we are the easier it will be for the Democrats to control us and all aspects of our lives
This quote from a Benjamin Rush Essay written in 1786 provided the inspiration for my article this week. It appeared in my Facebook news feed in the form of a meme shared by the Atlas Society.
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.
James Madison wrote something very similar in a letter in written in 1822.
A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
My favorite founding father, Thomas Jefferson, wrote this to Charles Yancey, 6 January 1816.
if a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. the functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. there is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Unless the American people seize back control of our entire educational system real soon, we will no longer be a free country.
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