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So imagine living on a large island with 99 of your closest friends. The island is large enough to sustain a comfortable life for each of you as well as room for population growth. During the course of farming, it is found that the food is contaminated with an unknown contagion. After some brief testing, it's found that, although harmful, the contagion is most likely going to cause the mortality of only one or two of the islands inhabitants, and they will most likely be the eldest or most ill among you.

Panicked, big authoritarian governments swing into action. They authorize a reputable airplane company (that most of them are invested in), to build a plane to evacuate you and your friends from the island. In the meantime, you're left to take the risk that the contagion could harm you while you wait. Some await the plane anxiously, others are comfortable with the relatively low risk of harm and go about enjoying their life as best they can. You and your friends continue to eat the food because you have no choice, all the while, your bodies are adapting to handle the contagion making it less harmful with the passage of time.

Finally, the day comes when the plane is ready. It took them less than a year to plan, develop, build, and deliver it to the island. It usually takes 10 years or more to achieve such awesome accomplishments and some of your friends are eager to buy their ticket and take the flight. But such a quick build raises questions in the minds of others. The plane company assures you that they've used a proven design from other planes they've made to finish the one they've just delivered. In doing so, they felt comfortable skipping some of their normal processes like wind-tunnel testing and checking to make sure the software was updated properly on the navigation system.

While you're pondering the implications of this knowledge and considering the cost vs. benefit of getting on the plane, in order to avoid being the one person that the food might cause permanent harm too, the people in the plane start trying to convince you that it's you're best option. Then some of them try to shame you into getting on by questioning your motives, intelligence, or flat out calling you evil for wanting to harm the people that are already on the plane and presumably headed to safety.

Then, the big authoritarian government, which has been repeating they're own limited understanding of how the plane works and how safe it is through a megaphone, rolls down the passenger windows that the plane has and aims guns loaded with mandate bullets at you and your kids. Some of them aren't even on the plane. These special bullets have the ability to limit your ability to farm and provide food for your family, or limit your access to education, employment, or travel. They tell you to get on or face the consequences, you and your kids. Never mind that the plane wasn't made with child appropriate accommodations, just get on.

While this discourse was taking place, it was discovered that the plane had a design flaw in which its fuel tanks only had enough fuel to fly you to the otherside of the island where you still have to eat the same food. But convinced by their own speeches or virtue signaling, the passengers, the plane company, and big government remain convinced that getting on this unproven plane and getting to the other side of the island with the same food is safer than eating the food on this side of the island. Yet it's still unclear if they believe it themselves or if a handful of them are just colluding to line their own pockets.

The question is... do you get on or not? Why or why not?

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HE IS RISEN! First cup of caffeine since the beginning of lent. Just gotta say, Jesus set aside more than just coffee to walk among us. Every time I wanted a cup over these past 46 days I was reminded of just how difficult his sacrifice would have been for any normal man. It would be impossible to accomplish for anyone but the Son of God. Based on my obviously-comparatively nothing fast and how difficult it was, all I can say is that he is worthy of all praise! He set aside the riches of heaven (let alone the greatest drink of heaven...coffee) to claim us, a broken humanity as his own. Happy Easter! #easter #heisrisen #bestlifeever #resurectionsunday #coffee https://www.instagram.com/p/CNP60DxhxsI/?igshid=sfi5c071jcor

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Quarantine Episode IV: The Couch Strikes Back. After months of continued oppression by an ever enlarging family of butts, the couch angered by the endless onslaught of weighty persons and violations by both snack and drink, abandoned its usual moaning protest and bore its fangs to express its displeasure. This rebel scum was wounded in battle, but rest assured she will be back, and she will sit again. The Force is strong with this one. A little glue, and a tetanus shot to resist the dark side and she'll be back at it again. #bestlifeever #quarantinelife #quarantine #goawaydaddy https://www.instagram.com/p/CC37cd9lZ9E/?igshid=10cv2dnepqxwm

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I think the current political climate is the best I've ever seen for advocating for school choice and education vouchers. Social media is completely swamped with people that can't seem to agree on whether or not to send kids back to school in the current pandemic environment.

My kids are lucky enough to go to a great public school, but even we've had difficulties in getting specialized help for our daughter when she really needed it. Government is slow in adapting to the changing needs of students normally, and now it has been forced upon them rather suddenly. I love my kids' teachers, and they've done a commendable job in adapting to very challenging circumstances, but it's obvious that school teachers don't choose their career to interact with kids through screens. There's something that gets lost through a pixilated filter in your dining room that you can better get at a desk in a classroom.

Given all the fighting, nationally in government, locally at the public schools, and socially between parents and anyone that has an opinion, it just feels like allowing more freedom should be part of the answer. Let parents and families send their kids to which ever school they feel offered the most acceptable level of safety and education. Or, let them stay home with online programs designed to educate children at home from the ground up. Let the "risk takers" take risks they deem acceptable, and let the "play it safe" crowd play it safe. Not every family is the same, therefore not every solution is the same. We're very rarely a one-size-fits-all kind of society. We get to exercise so much more liberty in much more meaningful decisions in the rest of ot lives, why not how and where we allow our kids to get their education.

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Beating the heat with some sprinkler fun! Being home with these guys has been a real adventure. During this unusual season, I'm so thankful to get more time with my kids. This has been one of the greatest blessings ever. There's so much that can be thrown at us that's intended to distract us from the enormous gifts that we've been given. I'm relearning, that when I practice gratefulness that my whole outlook and perspective is broadened to the point where the very makeup of my character is elevated. Philippians 4:8 Hope you're all having a great day! Good bless! #bestlifeever #ibarramff https://www.instagram.com/p/CCl2K7ch2ZZ/?igshid=uosdr7yajoz1

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Man that felt good. Spent some time on the Bonnie Cove Trail this morning. Now sleep before kids get home 😁. (at Bonnie Cove Trails) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wjBK3BC4t/?igshid=10i07z3967jq8

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Proud of Trevor and all of the scouts that volunteered on their day off from school to present the colors at the ground breaking of the Evan's Veterans Memorial at Covina District Field. #bestlifeever #boyscouts #lovemykids #scoutlife #veteransday #proudparents #rlla #rllakids https://www.instagram.com/p/BqF-opQA9qE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3mgm8dakpknu

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Girl scout camp at Lake Perris this weekend. The girls had so much fun. Thanks to all the leaders that made this weekend possible. #bestlifeever #lovemykids #goawaydaddy #girlscouts #lakeperris (at Lake Perris)

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Can't remember the last time I had a one-on-one lunch with this guy! Loving life today! #bestlifeever #family #goawaydaddy #lovemykids

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Had a great time at downtown Glendora today celebrating Earth Day. Abby loved the animals of course. Just loving being with the family today and spending time enjoying them. #bestlifeever #glendora #earthday #rlla #family #goawaydaddy

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Felt good to finally get back on track again. Time to get back on the wagon and ignore some distractions. #bestlifeever #fitness #journeyto5k #maxout

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Trevor is setting up his lashings and prepping for camporee. Super proud of this kid and all the hard work he's putting in. #bestlifeever #boyscouts #lovemykids

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Love this little dude. Not feeling my best after a rough night at work but this guy lights up my world! #bestlifeever #lovemykids

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Hanging out waiting for Trevor to finish his farm mechanics class and playing with the John Deere's. #bestlifeever #boyscouts #lovemykids #dreamingofafarm

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I don't want to do it today; until I started doing it, then it was all I wanted to do. #bestlifeever #bigthingsstartsmall #fitness #journeyto5k #maxout #notgivingupthistime #noexcuses #newyearsresolutions #onedaycloser

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Cosmic golf for their day off and they're killin' it! #bestlifeever #family #familyfun #lovemykids

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Busy day today, but that won't stop this train! #bestlifeever #bigthingsstartsmall #journeyto5k #maxout #notgivingupthistime #noexcuses #newyearsresolutions #fitness #running