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I agree and have been feeling this more lately. You know this is already being politicized. Armchair investigators are suddenly becoming power grid experts. T

I agree and have been feeling this more lately. You know this is already being politicized. Armchair investigators are suddenly becoming power grid experts. The complex reality of balancing a huge diverse power grid is becoming an “easy” problem - if only the evil other side had done what my media source and politician said they should! It’s tricky - I also have a problem waiting months for a slow inefficient government agency to figure out how to cover their collective asses (or find the right scapegoat). I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make systems we can monitor, analyze and draw conclusions from much quicker. There needs to be a happy medium- find the problems and “trust the experts” for sure, but do so without being so damn _loud_.

mercurysmessage 6y ago
"You know this is already being politicized" "I also have a problem waiting months for a slow inefficient government agency to figure out how to cover their collective asses"
- shireboy 6y ago
  Guilty.
IOT_Apprentice 6y ago
This country politicizes everything, rather than dealing with it, because you have some people who have financial interests that make money off the existing situation. For many, it is part of a belief system, rather than dealing with it from policy and engineering perspectives. We don't deal with school shooting massacres here right after they occur. We don't deal with them after they happen. What stopped school shootings? Not having children in schools. You just had a group of militias, white supremacists et al, invade a branch of government, terrorize they staff, representatives and security--and nothing comes of it in terms of accountability and responsibility by Trump. You have those on the political right saying nothing big happened. You have people whining why is the national guard still there? As a nation, we don't prioritize efficiency, competence and reaction time. We don't want to measure and improve our infrastructure and policies.
- ehvatum 6y ago
  The right to protest should be important to you, regardless of your political persuasion. 2020 saw a very great many more violent protests, including the construction of autonomous zones that rejected the authority of all elected United States government. To say that a person’s voice should not be heard because they are dangerous to your beliefs is itself the most dangerous thing.
  - mercurysmessage 6y ago
    What happened at the Capitol was way past the point of simple protesting. It's unfortunately people who have been sucked into a cult. They reject reality and got violent because of it.

mercurysmessage 6y ago

"You know this is already being politicized" "I also have a problem waiting months for a slow inefficient government agency to figure out how to cover their collective asses"

shireboy 6y ago
Guilty.

IOT_Apprentice 6y ago

This country politicizes everything, rather than dealing with it, because you have some people who have financial interests that make money off the existing situation. For many, it is part of a belief system, rather than dealing with it from policy and engineering perspectives. We don't deal with school shooting massacres here right after they occur. We don't deal with them after they happen. What stopped school shootings? Not having children in schools. You just had a group of militias, white supremacists et al, invade a branch of government, terrorize they staff, representatives and security--and nothing comes of it in terms of accountability and responsibility by Trump. You have those on the political right saying nothing big happened. You have people whining why is the national guard still there? As a nation, we don't prioritize efficiency, competence and reaction time. We don't want to measure and improve our infrastructure and policies.

ehvatum 6y ago
The right to protest should be important to you, regardless of your political persuasion. 2020 saw a very great many more violent protests, including the construction of autonomous zones that rejected the authority of all elected United States government. To say that a person’s voice should not be heard because they are dangerous to your beliefs is itself the most dangerous thing.
- mercurysmessage 6y ago
  What happened at the Capitol was way past the point of simple protesting. It's unfortunately people who have been sucked into a cult. They reject reality and got violent because of it.