Tantrumps & Stone Potatoes: A Book of Rants on When Trump Rants Are Right
By Jesse Steele
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We all need to throw "tantrumps" at times, whatever our political, religious, or social ideology. This isn't a book about Donald Trump, it's a book about his so-called tantrumps. Tantrumps aren't always right, but sometimes they are so brilliant that few ever know why.
Jesse Steele
Today's news, yesterday.TM I'm an American writer in Asia who wears many hats. I learned piano as a kid, studied Bible in college, and currently do podcasting, web contenting, cloud control, and brand design. I like golf, water, speed, music, kung fu, art, and stories.
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Tantrumps & Stone Potatoes - Jesse Steele
Tantrumps & Stone Potatoes:
A Book of
Rants on When
Trump Rants Are Right
Jesse Steele
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ISBN 978-046-359-789-7
For Journey,
Wherever You Are
Table of Contents
For Journey
Introduction
Progress
Because They Change Things
The ‘Get Along’ Anti-Ethic
Asia Opened My Eyes
Institutional Malfunction
Too Bold?
Competence & Respect
Bless by Firing
Wut Bern?
Competent Captains
Abusive Couch Potatoes
Line in the Sand
Stonewall Sally
You can’t Solve Anything Until You Get over It
About the Author
Introduction
This was written one rant at a time. I didn’t even plan to start the book; it just happened. Most chapters were edited minimally. They have some order and some may build on each other, but some chapters fit with nothing but the title.
Unlike others before, this book didn’t take any prep. Life gave me more than enough on-the-spot inspiration. You see, I live in the vanguard.
You know those things about which people say, Don’t worry, it will solve itself.
? They don’t solve themselves. I know because I’m one of the ones out solving them while no one is looking.
It’s really easy to sit in the bleachers and criticize what’s going on in the field. But, most bleacher coaches couldn’t hold half a candle to the athletes in the game. The only reason spectators think they know so much is because they see the whole field, yet feel none of the fatigue. When athletes start yelling, they need cheerleaders, not anti-grumble police
.
On more than one occasion, friends have told me, I don’t know how it’s done, but that’s not how.
There are many problems with that statement. If one doesn’t know the correct answer, then one can’t be certain that an answer is incorrect. If students can’t find the correct answer, they shouldn’t criticize a classmate for making a wrong guess—they should be busy researching and making guesses of their own.
More importantly, a thing being done right
involves the thing being done
. If we never get a thing done merely from fear of being told we did it the wrong way, then we’ve done something worse: Not only has the thing not been done, we haven’t even tried. The world is overfilled with people who measure success by not stirring up dust
. That’s like claiming every building in the world was a failure because its construction created dust.
The more difficult a thing is to get done the more of a mess getting it done requires. Few people disagree with that idea, until they do. Once the dust and noise and shaking begins, all of a sudden people cave in and try to negotiate with forces of life and nature. There must be another way,
they cry.
No, there’s not. Everything has a cost. The deeper the problem, the more likely discomfort
will be the cost. Those willing to step up and make needed noise know that problems need to be solved while they are small. If we let a little discomfort stop us, then problems will swell and then they will cause greater discomfort. The difference between those who solve problems now rather than suffering the damage later is foresight, not a tolerance for discomfort. Discomfort is inevitable.
As I finish the final edits of this book, I have some challenges of my own. I wonder if I should hit the button and sound the alarm on some pretty bad stuff I’ve seen.
Should I follow the advice of Cat Stevens’s Father and Son, And, I know that it’s not easy to be calm when you’ve found something going on.
His song is brilliant. He’s right more often than most Americans know, but not quite as often as most Taiwanese suppose. Most of my Taiwanese friends tell me that some things never change…
Then I think of Bruce Hornsby’s The Way It Is, But, don’t you believe it.
What should I do?
On the one hand, I have to live with myself. I could say, I’ll just find a quiet life, keep my head low, and then I’ll survive.
To do that I’d have to make life about myself. But, my life isn’t about my own comfort. If I make the question about whether to ignore the needs of others just so I don’t have as many problems, then my conscience becomes the biggest problem I could possibly have.
Nothing
is still tempting. But, just when I want to do nothing
—the hardest thing to