Nice podcast. No babbling, hit clear points.

Thank you. I thought it went pretty well for the first podcast that I've ever done. I think I could have done a better job of staying on point with certain things, but that takes time, repetition, and discipline.

Get a good mic, learn Audacity (specifically noise reduction), you'll be set.

Interestingly that is exactly the software that I downloaded for Linux and used for the recording.

I can give you tips if you PM me.

I would very much appreciate that. I don't have your email – shoot me one at mantlesapproach[at]gmail.com and let's chat.

He lost me when he figured Hillary would be the lesser of two bad choices.

Yeah. Like a lot of so-called "conservatives" who put a higher value on Noble Defeat than they do on actually, y'know, WINNING. Or conserving things. Or even just slowing down the pace of change.

They'll surely miss indoor plumbing, as well as 24×7 electricity.

Oh yeah. I've lived in countries where electricity is intermittent at best and when it goes out, it takes hours, sometimes a couple of days, to restore. And that is considered GOOD by the standards of those places. Meanwhile, entire cities in India with populations numbering in the tens of millions are without reliable electricity and as a result cannot get to the next level of development and growth.

Seeing as how California looks at shithole countries like India and says, "yep, that's what we want", it does make you wonder sometimes.

PJ O'rourke, used to be one of my favorite writers. His older stuff is great. "All the trouble in the world" and "Eat the Rich" are awesome. One he goes through all the lefty complaints and compares them to other countries, the other, he does the same, only with economics.

He lost me when he figured Hillary would be the lesser of two bad choices. And his newer stuff isn't quite as well written. He's extremely quotable though. I've used many of his lines myself. For instance, when describing driving around VietNam in an old landcruiser, with the potholed roads – his kidneys were bouncing around like tetherballs.

And I agree, we are an ingrateful country. Not many have experienced real hardship in any way, shape, or form. They'll surely miss indoor plumbing, as well as 24×7 electricity.

We had a tornado blast through last night, about 2-3 miles SE of me. Smashed roofs, snapped telephone poles. Many without power now. Not me. My APCs chirped a bit last night, but we're still lit up. Think of that. within the next few days, power will be restored, things fixed.

That takes years, if ever, in the dirt world.