On getting in between the hogs and the bucket, February 17th, 2025.

Introduction. So then, Elon is making a scene, and I think we should analyze it. It might even be said that he is on a spree, on a bender that is given over to an out-of-control

sense of fiscal responsibility. But I don't think we should overanalyze this because the whole

thing is pretty simple when you come down to it. All that noise is coming from the barnyard

because Elon went out there and has gotten in between the hogs and the bucket. What this certainly

isn't, at least not yet.

Salon has been trying to spook everybody by claiming that Musk is running cover for a surreptitious

behind-the-scenes takeover by those scary, scary, scary Christian nationalists.

They cite Russ Vaught, for example, the new head of the OMB.

But I appeared together with Russ on a panel once.

He was a very nice man and no dripping fangs

were visible at all. But what is true is this? Once the diseased corruption and moonbeam insanity

is purged from the government, which is what Musk is doing, then there will be a lot more openness

to influence from believing Christians. That's true enough because Christianity really is

opposed to disease corruption

and moonbeam insanity. This is a feature, not a bug. And if the infusion of large numbers of Christians

into the government results in greater stability and right-side-up governance and high federal officials

stop stealing people's luggage at airports, the electorate can then decide if they want to continue

down the path of such reform. My hope is that Salon will make their peace with democratic reforms

undertaken by democratic means. Principles of war. I recently mentioned one of the principles of war

as applied to this Trump-destructo era, and that was the principle of pursuit. But there's another principle

that is worth considering as well, and it is right at the center of what Elon is all about.

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