FROM A LONG EAMIL EXCHANGE WITH MY CORRESPONDENTOLD FRIEND
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REINKE — Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM:
The clown show continues……..
“Don’t ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.” ― James A. Owen, The Shadow Dragons
“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” “Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949), John Wayne’s character, Sergeant Stryker
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From: John Leake from FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse)
Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Subject: Hegseth “Prayer” a Movie Mafia Hitman’s Monologue
CORRESPONDENT — Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
What should go down in history as our greatest presidency, and you call it a clown show?
REINKE — Apr 17, 2026, at 10:13 PM
Wow, “greatest”? Not IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) by a long shot. DJT47 is a long way from “worst” and “best’. At “best”, DJT47 had a chance to be “transformative”, but blew it big time with terrible picks and betraying the MAGA voters by getting us into Israel’s war and not doing mass deportations of illegals. By doing “stuff” by “executive orders” and not slugging it out with a corrupt and indolent Congress, he has left thr country wide open to return to the errors of the past (Bushes, Obama, and Biden) when the D’s take their turn at the helm. We clearly have different view of the world.
CORRESPONDENT — Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM:
Apparently we do, I disagree with most of your political opinions these days. Have you been influenced by a Trump hater?
REINKE — Apr 17, 2026, at 10:29 PM:
I don’t think so. I listen to a lot of little L libertarian podcasts — @ComicDaveSmith, @ThomasEWoods, and such, read a lot of “stuff”. I think that we are really royally screwed and our posterity as well.
I think that I’m seeing just how bad it is very clearly and there’s nothing I can do to “fix” it. Frustrating.
CORRESPONDENT — Apr 17, 2026, 11:08 PM:
I think some of the recent emails to the “usual suspects” are better intended for your blog, where one can choose to read it or not. But when you send an email to that “usual suspects” group they feel an obligation to read it, as it came from “Uncle John” and therefore it carries weight. For example, “the clown show continues” is pure opinion and is not an opinion that is shared by everyone in that group, and could mistakenly be taken for the way things are. Which in my opinion, is clearly not the case.
REINKE — Sat, Apr 18, 2026 2:47 AM:
Ok. Point taken. Thanks.
But the DJT47 as Jesus and Pete Hegseth quoting a movie as scripture is really really “tone deaf” and not “reading the room”.
CORRESPONDENT — Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 9:40 AM:
I totally agree that the man is an egotistical jerk, no argument with me. A big however though, he is what this country needed, a blast of castor oil! I get it that most “L”s are not hawkish, but I would rather be the hawk then the dove that gets eaten by the hawk! Once Rubio or Vance takes over (prayerfully), they will have a much easier job thanks to the Donald.
REINKE — 1 Sat, Apr 18, 1:10 AM
Please don’t misunderstand me and my fellow little L libertarians. We are not Quakers or pacifists at all costs (1). In a “Red Dawn” scenario, bring it on. You start the fight and we will finish it. We don’t forget that the United States Gooferment is the enemy of the We, the People and is up to its neck in “foreign entanglements”, “regime change”, “nation building”, and murder.
DJT47 may, emphasize MAY, have woken up some of the sleeping “We, The Sheeple”, BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), he didn’t live up to what he promised (i.e., no new foreign adventures; deport illegals; drain the swamp).
For whatever reason, — I suspect blackmail over Epstein connections — he has taken Israel’s contributions and gotten involved in their regional mess.
In addition to keeping the Ukraine conflict on life support with renounces. Again, I suspect that many things — Biden’s corruption, high level involvement of politicians and bureaucrats in Hunter’s grift, and someone wanting to hide the CIA’s 33 bio labs in Ukraine — have kept enriching the Military Industrial Complex with the complicity of the Congress grifters.
So, don’t be surprised if I suspect that there are ALWAYS ulterior motives, conspiracy theories, crimes, and murder in EVERY SINGLE thing the US Gooferment does.
I , along with all the “beauty queen contestants”, want “world peace”.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9, NIV).
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In doing a final read, I thought I should mention that there is some moral “high ground” for a non-violence position
(Note 1). Bob Murphy https://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2016/04/a-reader-note-about-pacifist-strategy.html on the @ThomasEWoods podcast makes some excellent points about non-violence like the Quakers’ advocate. It certainly tempers the little L libertarian’s philosophy.
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At the risk of “misinforming” <<is that even a word>> or encouraging / enraging the reader, I thought this was a good example of a discussion between friends on something they disagreed about. Yet, still remain good friends.
So can we agree to disagree agreeably?
Why can’t we all?
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9, NIV).
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