I have trouble believing that Americans want their power turned on. I remember just after I declined to speak with the guy manning the Haliburton table at Pitt

I have trouble believing that Americans want their power turned on. I remember just after I declined to speak with the guy manning the Haliburton table at Pitt's career fair circa 2009 (apparently "too political" despite every priest I'd spoken to up to that day stating I was correct in my refusal to aid the Iraq War) and strolling over with my CV in my suit to speak to the folks at Duquense Light, who seemed to be channeling the energy of Edward Norton's character on the plane in Fight Club. They told me they were not required to do any of the things I said I'd like to do if hired by them, and told me I should buy a generator and electric heater. Since I am autistic, on a long enough timeline, if people say they want one thing, like safety, security, and working critical infrastructure, then violently obstruct any attempts to bring them that, all I can conclude is that they want the opposite: to see their power fail, to see the vulnerable freeze, to be dominated by preventable events that they had a decade or more to prepare for. This will be a cold winter, and many people will get exactly what they asked for for Christmas... via their actions, sampled repeatedly over a span of over ten years. - Greg