07-13-2026, 04:09 PM
That would be a shame. Personally, I'm so intrigued by the strange bed full of fellows and fellets supporting him - especially here in these hallowed pixels. You have clear decentralization tendencies, a self described "libertarian", and so much more to love.
Marco Manglesdorf is his advisor on energy policy. If you want LNG, you hire Mark "Free Gas" Glick. If you want solar, you hire the head of Provision Solar. Manglesdorf is a self described "Solar Energy Crusader since 1978". Of course he doesn't love PGV.
Myman! has made some astute observations about politics in Hawaii, and leadership in general, that boil down to this. Pacing. You have to have the group running beside you before you can veer off and lead them in a new direction. The guy has to collect together enough votes first.
I submit the following for your pleasure. Please note that below, he describes "Puna" and not "Punaweb". To hear Tam tell it, the consensus reality of the louder voices here on PW is not the objective reality on the ground. My, what fun. Pass the popcorn, please.
"The big political fight of the modern era has always been about the size and role of government. The mainstream left still thinks government should be big and active. The mainstream right thinks government should be small and unobtrusive. Both, as far as I can tell, are wrong in important ways and right in important ways. Neither captures what Puna actually believes.
Left libertarianism starts somewhere different. It starts with Oliver Wendell Holmes’s old line: “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” Maximum freedom for the individual, constrained only by the ability of others to enjoy their freedoms. That is the libertarian half.
The left half is the recognition that concentrated power — whether it comes from government, corporations, or any entrenched institution — tends to swing its fist into other people’s noses too often. So power should be devolved to the lowest level appropriate, not concentrated at the top."
https://tamhunt.medium.com/im-running-fo...b8b3feaa01
Go Tam!
Marco Manglesdorf is his advisor on energy policy. If you want LNG, you hire Mark "Free Gas" Glick. If you want solar, you hire the head of Provision Solar. Manglesdorf is a self described "Solar Energy Crusader since 1978". Of course he doesn't love PGV.
Myman! has made some astute observations about politics in Hawaii, and leadership in general, that boil down to this. Pacing. You have to have the group running beside you before you can veer off and lead them in a new direction. The guy has to collect together enough votes first.
I submit the following for your pleasure. Please note that below, he describes "Puna" and not "Punaweb". To hear Tam tell it, the consensus reality of the louder voices here on PW is not the objective reality on the ground. My, what fun. Pass the popcorn, please.
"The big political fight of the modern era has always been about the size and role of government. The mainstream left still thinks government should be big and active. The mainstream right thinks government should be small and unobtrusive. Both, as far as I can tell, are wrong in important ways and right in important ways. Neither captures what Puna actually believes.
Left libertarianism starts somewhere different. It starts with Oliver Wendell Holmes’s old line: “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” Maximum freedom for the individual, constrained only by the ability of others to enjoy their freedoms. That is the libertarian half.
The left half is the recognition that concentrated power — whether it comes from government, corporations, or any entrenched institution — tends to swing its fist into other people’s noses too often. So power should be devolved to the lowest level appropriate, not concentrated at the top."
https://tamhunt.medium.com/im-running-fo...b8b3feaa01
Go Tam!
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