SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C.S. Lewis ( on government response to #COVID and other crises?)

Thanks for the welcome, #@freemo Here's my #introduction .

I'm...
• a dad of a handful of kiddos, married, living in Colorado.
• a Christian in the Anglican tradition, and suppose I'm an unaffiliated conservatarian.
• a reader, working through the great novels as well as easier/fun books and nonfiction.
• a card and board game player and am happily teaching more to my kids as they get older.
• short on free time. I enjoy a philosophical pipe as I read and/or reflect, and occasionally get my guitar or bow/arrows out to learn new skills.
• a software developer... and have been for a very long time, now in the world of APIs and cloud development (CRM/SFDC).

I'm old enough to remember the white house press secretary condemning any media that implied Biden want up for the job as "cheap fake" manipulated media.

What shocking and sudden thing happened to Biden that without any indication (other than cheap fake republican lies) he is suddenly, out of the blue, resigning? We have been assured until now that he's at the top of his game and anyone who says otherwise is engaged in election interference.

We can't just assume that #Harris and the rest of the administration have been lying to us the whole time about their nominee's fitness for office... that would make them unsupportable for lying to the public for so long about the fitness of the presidential nominee. If they lied about one nominee, they'll lie about the next.

Have we even confirmed that tweet isn't another cheap fake published on the Trump supporting X platform? Where's #Biden?

If I wrote a book about my decades in software development and platform architecture, it would likely be called: You're Not That Special.

Headline suggestion: Other Former Presidents Issue Statements Condemning Shooting Former Presidents.

"Kill Hitler" is an unsurprising response to what one would do with a time machine. When the constant drumbeat for years has been that Trump is worse than Hitler, is anyone surprised at today's event?

I don't see surprise on the timelines from people who aren't Trump fans. I only see disappointment from many that the assassination attempt was not successful.

Will anyone be surprised at more assassination attempts at #Trump and other non-#Democrats?

One of my kids' birthday asks was to go on a hike with just me. Had a lovely time hiking a few miles on a nearby trail this morning.
#parenting

"From heaven's perspective, everything is going according to plan." - Dale C Ortlund, Deeper, Chapter 1