Well, this was fairly easy to predict, and here we are. Suddenly, #asianlivesmatter is trending. So let’s recap: Black Lives Matter = good Asian Lives Matter = good Hispanic Lives Matter = good Muslim Lives Matter = good Greek Lives Matter = good Italian Lives Matter = good Indian Lives Matter = good Female Lives Matter = good Jewish Lives Matter = good (though, depends who you ask) All Lives Matter = racist I think there’s an actual math problem here. I wonder, through process of elimination, who’s lives don’t matter.
Human zoo
The longer animals live in a zoo, the more they lose the ability to fend for themselves. The more dependent they become on their captors. There’s no difference between the zoo and a government that seeks to make its citizens dependent on it. The more people who rely on the government to feed them, clothe them, give them money, and put a roof over their heads, the more we develop a citizenry who can’t fend for themselves. Those people will become more and more comfortable sitting back, taking it easy, and waiting for the morsels they need to get…
Love makes you say some harsh things
One of the harsh truths of life is that you say the harshest things to the ones you love the most. The equation is a simple one: You care the most about what they think. Of all the people you know, you care most about what those you love think about you and about things, in general. Consider how often those closest to you vent about people they know at work or casual friends. They rage on with plenty of thoughts and suggestions about what frustrates them or what could be done better. But how often do they share…
Critical thinking 101
If I could get Americans to just do one thing, it would be to take nothing at face value. Everything in our society has been reduced to a sound bite, and too few of our fellow citizens have any curiosity beyond it. What a difference it would make if our citizenry would take the time after seeing a headline or watching the 30 seconds devoted to a story on the nightly news to explore the dynamics that led up to the story and consider what the motivations may have been by the people involved. You can take it to…
Sunday digest: 3-14-21
Thank you for sharing some of your valuable time to read The Bubbler. The Bubbler now contains more than 700 thought-provoking posts about conservatism. While there are hundreds of sites that report or comment on the news from a conservative perspective, this is the only place the explores who conservatives are, what they think, and why they think it. With so much great content that may have preceded your arrival, Sunday’s are going to feature past posts. With so much great content that may have preceded your arrival, we’ve decided to start dedicating our Sunday post to a digest…
Conservatives should only appoint black judges
At this point, I think it’s a fair statement that conservatives are really bad at appointing judges who will follow the Constitution – which his the same as saying will support conservative principles. They’ve had plenty of chances in the recent past with little to show for it, especially on the most visible Supreme Court. One of the most reliably conservative judges on the Supreme Court is Clarence Thomas. And I think I know why. Justice Thomas has had to fight for his conservatism every day of his life. He’s a self-made man who didn’t rely on affirmative action…
Working as a dream extra
Last night, I had a dream in which I was sitting in the waiting room for a staffing agency that places people as extras in other people’s dreams. When you’re experiencing a dream, and there are people – extras – in your dream who aren’t the focal point of your story but still visually critical, someone has to staff those roles. This agency placed people to play those back up roles in other people’s dreams. I’m confident there’s a solid business idea in there, though I’m not quite sure what it is right now.
Wisconsin road friendly
I spent the past week in the homeland of Wisconsin. Each day, I took two long walks through the neighborhood. Without exception, every single car that drove by moved to the other lane to give me safe space and waved to me. I’ve been in Seattle for 10 years, and essentially no one is willing to cross the yellow line into the oncoming lane to give me space, and it’s rare for anyone to wave. In my experience, this contrast pretty much describes the difference between living in Wisconsin and living in Seattle.
Don’t be afraid
Growing up, I didn’t find myself working on too many home projects. So I never felt that equipped to do carpentry or home renovation work. Then I married a woman who’s father was a contractor. When it came time to replace all of the windows in our new house, he told me he would help me do it by myself. Having done nothing like it before, I was a bit nervous about my ability to do it properly. I was especially afraid of making a catastrophic mistake and damaging the home. Sure enough, between removing the old windows and…
The irony of Rush paving the way for Trump
Since the death of Rush Limbaugh, many conservatives have expressed the notion that Rush made it possible for Donald Trump to win the presidency. The premise is that it was Rush’s early and consistent support of Trump, along with years of Rush establishing the premise of a political elite, that pushed Trump over the finish line. What I find a bit ironic about this is that while Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump both share an absolutely fearless and brave approach to expressing their ideas and fighting for their causes, their actual talent doesn’t belong in the same paragraph. There…